Lakeville, California
25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Petaluma census division. It lies in ZIP code area 94954. It stands on Tule Slough. The Survey maps it on the Petaluma River quadrangle. It stands 10 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1914 to 1983The 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 sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 25 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.
- 1914 USGS Petaluma quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1942 USGS Petaluma quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Petaluma quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Petaluma Creek quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Petaluma River quadrangle1:24000, 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
227 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 227 fires within 5 miles of Lakeville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 942 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 13 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 108 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 79 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 13 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | HWY 101 / KASTANIA RD 6 |
| 9 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | LAKEVILLE |
| 9 September 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | D STREET |
| 7 September 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | ARNOLD |
| 6 September 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | STAGE GULCH |
| 4 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.4 acres | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | ADOBE |
| 3 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | ARNOLD |
| 3 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | CARLSBURG |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 22 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Lakeville: 7 producers, 6 past producers, 5 unknowns, 4 occurrences. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Graphite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cannon Lane | Antimony | Past Producer | ||
| West Mayacmas District Report | Chromium, Mercury | Producer | 1850, 1861 | |
| Skinner Ranch | Graphite | Producer | ||
| Skinner Ranch | Graphite | Past Producer | ||
| Bliss Creek | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Bliss Creek | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Cannon Lane | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Cannon Quarry | Stone | Producer | ||
| Cannon Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Hein Bros. Basalt Rock Co. | Stone | Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lakeville in 5 storm reports between 2011 and 2026: 4 flood, 1 flash 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2026 | Flood | Lakeville | - | The westbound lane of California Highway 116 was flooded at Browns Lane. |
| January 2019 | Flood | Lakeville | - | The westbound lane is flooded with 5 inches of water. |
| February 2017 | Flash Flood | Lakeville | - | Lakeville HWY at Emies Tin Bar...west bound lanes completely flooded and east bound lanes partially flooded. |
| February 2014 | Flood | Lakeville | - | Flooding reported in the left turn lane on Southbound US Highway 101 at San Antonio Road. |
| March 2011 | Flood | Lakeville | - | Valley Ford Road was closed due to flooding between Bloomfield and Highway 1. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Donahue (historical) | 0.7 miles | 25 | |
| Haystack | 3.7 miles | 25 | |
| McNear | 4.1 miles | 25 | |
| Big Bend | 5.2 miles | 25 | |
| Petaluma | 5.3 miles | 22 | |
| East Petaluma | 5.4 miles | 22 | |
| Temelec | 5.5 miles | 23 | |
| Fairville | 5.6 miles | 25 |
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 Lakeville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6479295 | 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 1658935. 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.










