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Hessel, California

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Sebastopol census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95472. The Survey maps it on the Two Rock quadrangle.

Hessel within Sonoma County

Then and now

1935 to 1983

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Hessel, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Hessel, surveyed 1935

On record in Hessel

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 17 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

265 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 265 fires within 5 miles of Hessel between 1992 and 2020, burning about 365 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 11 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/undetermined126
Equipment and vehicle use96
Arson/incendiarism11
Smoking10
Debris and open burning10
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Natural1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
8 September 2010Equipment and vehicle use6.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitVALLEY 2
8 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
7 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa Unit101
6 September 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitGREEN MILL
5 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitPETALUMA
4 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitHWY 101 /W RAILROAD A 11
4 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa Unitnot named
30 September 2001Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitRYSKA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sonoma County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Hessel: 3 producers, 2 past producers, 1 unknown, 1 occurrence. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Mercury, Stone. 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
Stony Point Quarry and MillStoneProducer
Unnamed LocationQuartzProspect
Unnamed ProspectMercuryOccurrence
Bloomfield Quarry and MillStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Stony Point QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed LocationGoldProducer
Unnamed LocationGoldPast Producer
Unnamed ProspectGoldUnknown

Every working recorded in Sonoma County

Storms near this place

9 since 2017

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hessel in 9 storm reports between 2017 and 2026: 7 flood, 2 flash flood. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
January 2026FloodHessel-Flooding was reported on Rohnert Park Expressway at Stony Point Road.
February 2019FloodHessel-Roadway flooding at Hwy 116 and Stony Point Rd.
February 2019FloodHessel-Water on roadway forcing cars to turn around at Rohnert Park Expy and Stony Point Rd.
February 2019FloodHessel-Vehicles stuck in flooding at Rohnert Park Expwy and Stony Point Rd.
February 2019FloodHessel-Car stuck in flood water on Daywalt Rd near Sebastopol.
March 2018FloodHessel-Roadway flooding reported near Rohnert Park Expressway and Stony Point Road.
March 2018Flash FloodHessel-Beginning at 5:30 AM PDT the stream gauge at Laguna de Santa Rosa at Stony Point Road was in flood stage. The gauge dropped below flood state at 12:30 PM PDT.
January 2017Flash FloodHessel-Heavy rain on January 18 caused the Laguna de Santa Rosa to flood. The stream gauge on the Laguna de Santa Rosa at Stony Point Road rose above flood stage at 7:45 pm PST on January 18 and remained above flood stage until 1:45 am PST on January 19.
February 2017FloodHessel-Stony Point Road at Rohnert Park Expy W. road is flooded.

Every storm 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
Turner0.5 miles17
Cadwell0.7 miles17
Orchard0.9 miles17
Cunningham1.0 miles17
Woodworth1.4 miles17
Fredericks2.0 miles17
Knowles Corner2.0 miles17
Roblar2.1 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1658745. 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.