Irmulco, California
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Willits census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95490. It stands on Olds Creek. The Survey maps it on the Northspur quadrangle. It stands 436 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1920 to 1991The same ground, surveyed 71 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1920 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 14 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.
- 1920 USGS Glenblair quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Glenblair quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Ukiah quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Comptche quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Ukiah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Ukiah quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1991 USGS Northspur quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
50 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 50 fires within 5 miles of Irmulco between 1992 and 2020, burning about 331 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 14 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 | 15 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 14 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 1993 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Mendocino Unit | ROAD |
| 3 September 2003 | Natural | 12 acres | Mendocino Unit | LIGHTNING #13 |
| 3 September 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Mendocino Unit | LIGHTNING 54 |
| 3 September 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Mendocino Unit | LIGHTNING 80 |
| 22 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Mendocino Unit | SPURR |
| 21 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Mendocino Unit | REYNOLDS |
| 18 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Mendocino Unit | SKUNK |
| 16 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Mendocino Unit | JAMES 3 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2024Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Irmulco in 4 storm reports between 2024 and 2025: 4 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2024 | Heavy Rain | Irmulco | $3,500 | Highway 20 covered with mud and rocks 7 miles northeast of Comptche, CA.|LAT. 39.35N, LONG. -123.51W. |
| March 2024 | Heavy Rain | Irmulco | $1,100 | Law enforcement reporting trees and rocks across roadway 8 miles west southwest of Willits, CA. LAT. 39.37N, LONG. -123.50W. |
| February 2025 | Heavy Rain | Irmulco | $400 | Mudslide reported on hwy 20, 8 miles west southwest of Willits, CA.|Lat. 39.37N, Long. -123.50W. |
| December 2025 | Heavy Rain | Irmulco | - | A landslide, including a tree, blocked Highway 20 west of Willits at the Three Chop Road intersection. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northspur | 1.8 miles | 14 | |
| Shake City | 2.7 miles | 15 | |
| Alpine | 3.6 miles | 14 | |
| Wanhala | 3.7 miles | 14 | |
| Marble Place | 3.8 miles | 14 | |
| Burbeck | 4.0 miles | 15 | |
| Soda Springs | 4.4 miles | 15 | |
| Clare Mill | 4.8 miles | 15 |
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 Irmulco | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14682484 | 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 1658833. 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.
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.






