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Hollydale, California

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Russian River-Sonoma Coast census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95436. It stands on Hobson Creek. The Survey maps it on the Guerneville quadrangle.

Hollydale within Sonoma County

Then and now

1920 to 1997

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 Hollydale, surveyed 1997
Topographic sheet of Hollydale, surveyed 1920

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 23 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

378 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 378 fires within 5 miles of Hollydale between 1992 and 2020, burning about 323 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 34 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/undetermined168
Equipment and vehicle use68
Debris and open burning39
Arson/incendiarism34
Misuse of fire by a minor22
Recreation and ceremony19
Power generation/transmission/distribution13
Smoking9
Natural5
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 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitSUNSET
8 September 2014Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitONE SIXTEEN
8 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitARMSTRONG
8 September 1995Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitRIO NIDO#1
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined40 acresSonoma-Lake Napa Unitnot named
7 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionMARTINELLI RD / RIVER RD
7 September 2007Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitRIVERSIDE DR GUERNEVIL 4
7 September 2007Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitSWEETWATER SPRINGS RD / M

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sonoma County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 46 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 46 workings within 5 miles of Hollydale: 16 occurrences, 15 unknowns, 11 producers, 4 past producers. 11 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Mercury, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Blue Rock Pit and MillStone, DimensionUnknown
Unnamed ProspectGoldOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectIronOccurrence
Wall TractCopper, MercuryOccurrenceVein
Rowan DepositManganeseOccurrence
White-O-RanchManganeseOccurrence
White-O-Ranch ProspectManganeseOccurrence1942
ArcherCopperPast ProducerVein
Archer TractCopperUnknown
Sonoma Chrome IncChromiumPast Producer

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
Forest Hills0.3 miles23
Russian River Terrace0.4 miles23
Hacienda0.6 miles23
Rio Dell0.8 miles20
Mount Jackson1.0 miles23
Hilton1.1 miles23
Summerhome Park1.2 miles20
Highcroft1.3 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1658767. 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.