Howell Mountain, California
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1972. It stands in the Angwin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 94508. It stands on Howell Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Saint Helena quadrangle. It stands 1,683 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1942 to 1972The same ground, surveyed 30 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 21 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.
- 1942 USGS St. Helena quadrangle1:62500
- 1945 USGS St. Helena quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1947 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS St. Helena quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS St. Helena quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1962 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Healdsburg quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
237 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 237 fires within 5 miles of Howell Mountain between 1992 and 2020, burning about 73,244 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 10 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 | 92 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 69 |
| Debris and open burning | 35 |
| Smoking | 14 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 8 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
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 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | WEST |
| 7 September 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | CLOVER |
| 28 September 2007 | Smoking | under an acre | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | LAS POSADAS RD ANGWIN 22 |
| 27 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 67,484 acres | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | GLASS |
| 25 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 29 acres | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | CONN |
| 25 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | LAS POSADAS |
| 25 September 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | BUTTS |
| 24 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 16 acres | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | COLLEGE AV ANGWIN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 13 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Howell Mountain: 5 occurrences, 3 prospects, 3 producers, 1 unknown. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Mercury, Stone, Chromium, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glass Mountain Deposit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Prospect | ||
| Palisade Mine Grigsby | Silver, Gold | Producer | ||
| Ray's Rock Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Location | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Location | Geothermal | Occurrence | ||
| Glass Mountain Deposit | Stone | Occurrence | Obsidian | |
| Moore Creek Manganese Ridge Prospect | Manganese | Producer | ||
| Moore Creek Prospect | Manganese | Past Producer | 1918 | |
| Reave Claims Three Claims | Chromium | Occurrence | Chromite | |
| Reeve Claims | Chromium | Prospect |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Angwin | 0.4 miles | 21 | |
| Veteran Heights | 0.9 miles | 21 | |
| Pope Valley | 2.6 miles | 21 | |
| Sanitarium | 2.8 miles | 21 | |
| Deer Park | 3.5 miles | 21 | |
| Bale | 3.7 miles | 24 | |
| Larkmead | 4.1 miles | 24 | |
| Barro | 4.4 miles | 21 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Howell Mountain | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5921767 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1675913. 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.









