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Ignacio, California

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Novato census division. It lies in ZIP code area 94949. It stands on Ignacio Creek. The Survey maps it on the Novato quadrangle. It stands 23 feet above sea level.

Ignacio within Marin County

Then and now

1914 to 1983

The same ground, surveyed 69 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Ignacio, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Ignacio, surveyed 1914

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 24 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

117 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 117 fires within 5 miles of Ignacio between 2005 and 2020, burning about 98 acres in total. None 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/undetermined85
Arson/incendiarism15
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Smoking4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Debris and open burning1
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 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMarin County Fire Departmentnot named
5 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
30 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined26 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
3 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
3 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
28 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
28 September 2005Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marin County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Ignacio: 6 unknowns, 3 occurrences, 3 producers, 3 past producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Manganese, Clay. 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
Black PointSand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Freeman and SondgrothFlagstoneProducer
Patent Brick CompanyClayPast Producer
KnutteManganeseProducerPsilomelane
Knutte DepositManganeseUnknown1942
Black PointStone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Highway 20 SiteSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed LocationSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Burdell MountainStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown

Every working recorded in Marin County

Storms near this place

6 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ignacio in 6 storm reports between 2010 and 2024: 5 flood, 1 heavy rain. 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 2024Heavy RainIgnacio$10A man drove off a slick Highway 101 North in Novato just after 5 PM on January 20, and wrapped his car around the traffic light on the frontage road, north of Hamilton Parkway, outside Safeway. According to the California Highway Patrol, speed and wet roadway were factors. The Novato Fire Department extracted the man from the wreckage and paramedics tried, unsuccessfully, to perform CPR. The man was taken to a hospital, where he died of his injuries. The car was totaled and a fence and light pole were damaged. Report courtesy KTVU television (FOX San Francisco-Oakland).
January 2023FloodIgnacio-CHP reported flooding in the slow lane of US Highway 101.
February 2019FloodIgnacio-Creek has overflowed banks and appears to have washed away some of the train tacks at SR 37 E near US 101 N.
February 2017FloodIgnacio-Westbound SR-37 closed between Atherton Ave and US-101 due to flooding.
December 2014FloodIgnacio-Heavy rain resulted in flooding of the small creek Arroyo San Jose into the Los Robles Mobile Home Park in Novato. Minor roadway erosion occurred on roads in the park nearest the creek. Minor damage to mobile homes was reported but the waters receded quickly.
January 2010FloodIgnacio-Officials closed the southbound US Highway 101 off ramp to State Highway 37 and South Novato Boulevard due to flooding in Novato. Minor flooding occurred throughout Marin County and caused schools to close because of flooding concerns.

Every storm recorded in Marin 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
Dewitt0.2 miles24
Rafael Village0.6 miles24
Bel Marin Keys1.5 miles24
Marinwood2.2 miles24
Old Town2.4 miles24
Saint Vincent2.8 miles24
Miller (historical)3.0 miles24
Novato3.1 miles24

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 IgnacioAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q14682450The 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 252696. 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.