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Goat Rock, California

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Russian River-Sonoma Coast census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95421. It stands on Red Slide Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cazadero quadrangle.

Goat Rock within Sonoma County

Then and now

1921 to 1998

The same ground, surveyed 77 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Goat Rock, surveyed 1998
Topographic sheet of Goat Rock, surveyed 1921

Compare 1921 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 18 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

63 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 63 fires within 5 miles of Goat Rock between 1992 and 2020, burning about 62 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 1 was 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/undetermined20
Equipment and vehicle use16
Debris and open burning13
Natural6
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Recreation and ceremony1
Other causes1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
5 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitKING /CDF TAC 6
3 September 2003Naturalunder an acreNorthern California DistrictSTEWARTS POINT
28 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitKING
19 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionKING
18 September 1994Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitOLD CAZADERO
13 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitMIDDLE
13 September 2000Naturalunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitKING.
10 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitFORT

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sonoma County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 17 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Goat Rock: 7 occurrences, 4 past producers, 4 unknowns, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Chromium, Magnesite, Copper, Manganese. 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
Aho MineManganeseProducerRhodochrosite
Aho MineCalcium, Iron, Manganese, SilicaPast Producer1924
Hooper RanchIronOccurrence
LatonChromium, IronPast Producer1916
Laton MineChromium, Iridium, Palladium, Platinum, Rhodium, RutheniumPast Producer1915, 1916, 1944
Unnamed ProspectMercuryOccurrence
Gray ProspectCopperOccurrence
Gray ProspectCopperOccurrence
Meaker RanchMagnesiteUnknown
Red SideMagnesiteUnknown

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
Truth Home0.9 miles18
Dorr Place3.1 miles18
Cazadero3.8 miles18
Toners Place4.6 miles18
Seaview6.2 miles18
Venado6.2 miles18
Las Lomas6.6 miles14
Hale Place6.8 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 252682. 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.