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.
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.


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.
Llano Road Roadhouselisted 1978 · 0.8 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 17 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 quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Two Rock quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 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
265 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 126 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 96 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Smoking | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6.0 acres | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | VALLEY 2 |
| 8 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 7 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | 101 |
| 6 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | GREEN MILL |
| 5 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | PETALUMA |
| 4 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | HWY 101 /W RAILROAD A 11 |
| 4 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | not named |
| 30 September 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | RYSKA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stony Point Quarry and Mill | Stone | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Location | Quartz | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Mercury | Occurrence | ||
| Bloomfield Quarry and Mill | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Stony Point Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Location | Gold | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Location | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Gold | Unknown |
Storms near this place
9 since 2017Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2026 | Flood | Hessel | - | Flooding was reported on Rohnert Park Expressway at Stony Point Road. |
| February 2019 | Flood | Hessel | - | Roadway flooding at Hwy 116 and Stony Point Rd. |
| February 2019 | Flood | Hessel | - | Water on roadway forcing cars to turn around at Rohnert Park Expy and Stony Point Rd. |
| February 2019 | Flood | Hessel | - | Vehicles stuck in flooding at Rohnert Park Expwy and Stony Point Rd. |
| February 2019 | Flood | Hessel | - | Car stuck in flood water on Daywalt Rd near Sebastopol. |
| March 2018 | Flood | Hessel | - | Roadway flooding reported near Rohnert Park Expressway and Stony Point Road. |
| March 2018 | Flash Flood | Hessel | - | 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 2017 | Flash Flood | Hessel | - | 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 2017 | Flood | Hessel | - | Stony Point Road at Rohnert Park Expy W. road is flooded. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turner | 0.5 miles | 17 | |
| Cadwell | 0.7 miles | 17 | |
| Orchard | 0.9 miles | 17 | |
| Cunningham | 1.0 miles | 17 | |
| Woodworth | 1.4 miles | 17 | |
| Fredericks | 2.0 miles | 17 | |
| Knowles Corner | 2.0 miles | 17 | |
| Roblar | 2.1 miles | 17 |
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.









