Fulton, California
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Santa Rosa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95439. The Survey maps it on the Sebastopol quadrangle. 551 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 135 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1935 to 1983The same ground, surveyed 48 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Population over time
2 figuresFulton grew from 541 to 551 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 541 | |
| 2020 | 551 | +10 (+2%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 20 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.
- 1935 USGS Sebastopol quadrangle1:48000
- 1942 USGS Sebastopol quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1947 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Sebastopol quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1954 USGS Sebastopol quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Napa quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
364 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 364 fires within 5 miles of Fulton between 1992 and 2020, burning about 360 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 25 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 | 197 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 62 |
| Smoking | 44 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 25 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 19 |
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 8 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 8 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 7 September 2000 | Smoking | under an acre | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | NEWMAN |
| 6 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.1 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 5 September 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | WILSHIRE |
| 5 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 5 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 15 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Fulton: 5 past producers, 4 unknowns, 3 occurrences, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Diatomite, Gold. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stirling | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Z and G Quarry and Mill | Stone, Dimension | Unknown | ||
| Goodman Bros. Deposit | Diatomite | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Goodman Bros. Deposit | Diatomite | Past Producer | ||
| O Connor | Stone | Producer | ||
| O Connor | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Location | Stone | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Location | Stone | Occurrence | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fulton in 5 storm reports between 2017 and 2025: 4 flood, 1 debris flow. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2024 | Flood | Fulton | $10 | Social media user on X (formerly Twitter) reported flooding at their home in Fulton. |
| February 2025 | Flood | Fulton | - | Barnes Road was reported flooded near Fulton and north of Santa Rosa. |
| February 2019 | Flood | Fulton | - | CHP reporting significant amount of flooding in the roadway at Piner Rd and Fulton Rd in Santa Rosa. |
| February 2019 | Flood | Fulton | - | CHP reports more than a foot of water covering both lanes of traffic on Barnes Rd near River Rd. |
| February 2017 | Debris Flow | Fulton | - | All west bound lanes blocked. |
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.
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 Fulton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5508393 | 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 1658593. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.









