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Grant, California

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Healdsburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95448. It stands on Dry Creek. The Survey maps it on the Healdsburg quadrangle.

Grant within Sonoma County

Then and now

1920 to 1993

The same ground, surveyed 73 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Grant, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Grant, surveyed 1920

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 22 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

268 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 268 fires within 5 miles of Grant between 1992 and 2020, burning about 365 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/undetermined125
Equipment and vehicle use79
Debris and open burning25
Arson/incendiarism15
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Smoking4
Natural3
Recreation and ceremony3
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 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionALEXANDER VALLEY RD HEAL
9 September 2004Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitFELTA
8 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitMILL
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined40 acresSonoma-Lake Napa Unitnot named
6 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
6 September 2001Equipment and vehicle use8.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa Unit101
5 September 2004Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitPASSALAQUA
5 September 1993Smokingunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitACADEMY

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 Grant: 17 producers, 10 occurrences, 7 unknowns, 2 past producers. 17 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Manganese, Stone, Mercury. 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
Inman Shale QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed ProspectCopperUnknown
Unnamed ProspectIronOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectTinOccurrence
DreamlandMercuryProducer
GuernevilleMercuryPast Producer
Mcpherson RanchChromiumOccurrence
Unnamed LocationChromiumOccurrence
Basalt Rock Co.StoneUnknown
Brooks QuarryStoneProducer

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
Bailhache1.0 miles22
Healdsburg1.8 miles22
Camp Rose1.9 miles22
Del Rio Woods2.3 miles22
Chiquita3.4 miles22
Windsor3.4 miles22
Simi3.7 miles22
East Windsor4.0 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1658649. 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.