Inverness, California
28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Northwest Marin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 94937. It lies near Millerton Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Inverness quadrangle. 1,379 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 43 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1916 to 1983The same ground, surveyed 67 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in Inverness
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 6 records
Point Reyes Lifeboat Rescue Station, 1927National Historic Landmark · listed 1985
Pierce Ranchlisted 1985
Point Reyes Naval Radio Compass Stationlisted 2018- Point Reyes Peninsula Dairy Ranches Historic Districtlisted 2018
- RCA Point Reyes Receiving Stationlisted 2018
- Brock Schreiber Boathouse and Beachlisted 1978
Population over time
2 figuresInverness grew from 1,304 to 1,379 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,304 | |
| 2020 | 1,379 | +75 (+6%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 28 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.
- 1916 USGS Point Reyes quadrangle1:48000
- 1916 USGS Point Reyes quadrangle1:62500
- 1918 USGS Point Reyes quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1947 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Inverness quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1954 USGS Point Reyes quadrangle1:62500, 5 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
34 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Inverness between 1992 and 2020, burning about 12,398 acres in total. 3 started naturally. None was 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 | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Point Reyes National Seashore | JOHNSONS |
| 3 September 1994 | Smoking | under an acre | Point Reyes National Seashore | SKIDPAN |
| 26 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.4 acres | Point Reyes National Seashore | SHORELINE |
| 22 September 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Point Reyes National Seashore | HAGGERTY |
| 13 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Marin County Fire Department | not named |
| 11 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Marin County Fire Department | not named |
| 11 September 2015 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Point Reyes National Seashore | PIERCE |
| 9 August 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Point Reyes National Seashore | WHITEGATE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 14 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Inverness: 8 occurrences, 2 unknowns, 2 producers, 2 prospects. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Tungsten, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inverness Ridge | Gold | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Location | Stone | Occurrence | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Prospect | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Prospect | ||
| Bender | Tungsten | Occurrence | ||
| Bender Dell Bender | Tungsten | Occurrence | 1950 | |
| Borello Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Inverness | Tungsten | Occurrence | Scheelite | |
| Martinelli Ranch Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Noren | Tungsten | Occurrence | 1950 |
Storms near this place
3 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Inverness in 3 storm reports in 2019: 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2019 | Flood | Inverness | - | Roadway flooding Sr Francis Drake Blvd and Mount Vision Fire Rd. |
| February 2019 | Flood | Inverness | - | Sir Francis Drake Blvd by Vision Rd is flooded and currently impassable, Pierce Point Rd by Keohe Beach Trailhead is also flooded. |
| February 2019 | Flood | Inverness | - | Roads between Inverness and Point Reyes are closed due to flooding. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Millerton | 0.8 miles | 28 | |
| Seahaven | 1.0 miles | 28 | |
| Bivalve | 1.7 miles | 28 | |
| Inverness Park | 3.1 miles | 28 | |
| Marconi | 3.2 miles | 29 | |
| Point Reyes Station | 3.4 miles | 28 | |
| Reynolds | 3.5 miles | 29 | |
| Sacramento Landing | 4.3 miles | 29 |
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 Inverness | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3306123 | 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 1658827. 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.










