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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.

Lakeville within Sonoma 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 Lakeville, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Lakeville, surveyed 1914

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 25 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

227 since 1992

Regional 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 use108
Missing data/not specified/undetermined79
Arson/incendiarism13
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Debris and open burning7
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Smoking3
Recreation and ceremony1
Natural1
Fireworks1

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
9 September 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitHWY 101 / KASTANIA RD 6
9 September 2005Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitLAKEVILLE
9 September 1995Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitD STREET
7 September 2001Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitARNOLD
6 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitSTAGE GULCH
4 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.4 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitADOBE
3 September 1999Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitARNOLD
3 September 1997Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitCARLSBURG

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sonoma County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 22 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Cannon LaneAntimonyPast Producer
West Mayacmas District ReportChromium, MercuryProducer1850, 1861
Skinner RanchGraphiteProducer
Skinner RanchGraphitePast Producer
Bliss CreekSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Bliss CreekSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Cannon LaneSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Cannon QuarryStoneProducer
Cannon QuarryStonePast Producer
Hein Bros. Basalt Rock Co.StoneProducer

Every working recorded in Sonoma County

Storms near this place

5 since 2011

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
January 2026FloodLakeville-The westbound lane of California Highway 116 was flooded at Browns Lane.
January 2019FloodLakeville-The westbound lane is flooded with 5 inches of water.
February 2017Flash FloodLakeville-Lakeville HWY at Emies Tin Bar...west bound lanes completely flooded and east bound lanes partially flooded.
February 2014FloodLakeville-Flooding reported in the left turn lane on Southbound US Highway 101 at San Antonio Road.
March 2011FloodLakeville-Valley Ford Road was closed due to flooding between Bloomfield and Highway 1.

Every storm recorded in Sonoma 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
Donahue (historical)0.7 miles25
Haystack3.7 miles25
McNear4.1 miles25
Big Bend5.2 miles25
Petaluma5.3 miles22
East Petaluma5.4 miles22
Temelec5.5 miles23
Fairville5.6 miles25

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 LakevilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6479295The 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.