Fish Rock, California
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Point Arena census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95445. It lies near Ferguson Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Gualala quadrangle. It stands 171 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1943 to 1998The same ground, surveyed 55 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1943 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 19 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1943 USGS Point Arena quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1947 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Gualala quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Point Arena quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:250000
- 1977 USGS Gualala quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Point Arena quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1998 USGS Gualala quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
124 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 124 fires within 5 miles of Fish Rock between 1992 and 2019, burning about 118 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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/undetermined | 50 |
| Debris and open burning | 31 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 19 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Mendocino Unit | GREEN |
| 30 September 1999 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2.0 acres | Northern California District | WHALE |
| 3 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | MOONRISE DR GUALALA |
| 25 September 2009 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Mendocino Unit | FISH |
| 24 September 2014 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Mendocino Unit | HAVENS |
| 23 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Mendocino Unit | CHEWNING |
| 21 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | TREATMENT |
| 21 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | GULCH |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Fish Rock: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gualala Aggregates | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anchor Bay | 0.4 miles | 19 | |
| Signal Port (historical) | 2.3 miles | 19 | |
| Gualala | 4.1 miles | 19 | |
| Gallaway | 5.7 miles | 17 | |
| Old Red Rock Place | 7.6 miles | 15 | |
| Point Arena | 9.2 miles | 19 | |
| Iverson Indian Rancheria | 10.4 miles | 19 | |
| Little Penny | 10.6 miles | 15 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Fish Rock | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5454573 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1658539. 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.










