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Fetters Hot Springs, California

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Sonoma census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95476. It lies near Agua Caliente Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Sonoma quadrangle.

Fetters Hot Springs within Sonoma County

Then and now

1902 to 1983

The same ground, surveyed 81 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Fetters Hot Springs, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Fetters Hot Springs, surveyed 1902

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 23 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

311 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 311 fires within 5 miles of Fetters Hot Springs between 1992 and 2020, burning about 379 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 15 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined117
Equipment and vehicle use116
Debris and open burning26
Arson/incendiarism15
Misuse of fire by a minor13
Power generation/transmission/distribution11
Smoking7
Natural3
Recreation and ceremony2
Other causes1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa Unitnot named
9 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa Unitnot named
9 September 1993Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitCAVEDALE
8 September 2004Equipment and vehicle use1.4 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitARNOLD
8 September 1992Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitSHERMAN
7 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitGROVE
7 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitBARCELONA
6 September 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa Unitnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sonoma County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 36 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 36 workings within 5 miles of Fetters Hot Springs: 17 past producers, 12 producers, 3 unknowns, 2 prospects. 12 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Diatomite, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Trinity QuarryStone, DimensionProducer
Unnamed LocationAluminumOccurrence
Unnamed LocationGeothermalOccurrence
Unnamed LocationPerliteProspect
Valley of the MoonStone, Crushed/BrokenProducerSedimentary
Valley of the MoonFlagstonePast Producer
FelderDiatomiteProducerSedimentary
FelderDiatomitePast Producer
Mt Pisgah VineyardDiatomiteUnknown
Richter DepositDiatomiteProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Sonoma County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Agua Caliente0.3 miles23
Boyes Hot Springs0.5 miles23
Verano1.3 miles23
Sonoma Vista1.4 miles22
Mission Highlands1.5 miles23
El Verano1.6 miles23
Madrone (historical)1.7 miles22
Yulupa (historical)1.8 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 223479. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.