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Larkfield, California

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Santa Rosa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95403. The Survey maps it on the Santa Rosa quadrangle.

Larkfield within Sonoma County

Then and now

1916 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 78 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Larkfield, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Larkfield, surveyed 1916

Compare 1916 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 23 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

401 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 401 fires within 5 miles of Larkfield between 1992 and 2020, burning about 348 acres in total. None started naturally. 35 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/undetermined202
Equipment and vehicle use74
Smoking53
Arson/incendiarism35
Misuse of fire by a minor18
Debris and open burning14
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Recreation and ceremony1
Other causes1

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
8 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
8 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
7 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
7 September 2000Smokingunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitNEWMAN
7 September 1992Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitLOCH HAVEN
6 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
6 September 2005Arson/incendiarism3.1 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sonoma County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Larkfield: 7 past producers, 4 unknowns, 2 producers, 2 occurrences. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Diatomite, Stone, Dimension. 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
StirlingIronUnknown
Z and G Quarry and MillStone, DimensionUnknown
Goodman Bros. DepositDiatomiteProducerSedimentary
Goodman Bros. DepositDiatomitePast Producer
O ConnorStoneProducer
O ConnorStonePast Producer
Unnamed LocationStoneOccurrence
Unnamed LocationStoneOccurrence
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Mark West CreekSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Sonoma County

Storms near this place

3 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Larkfield in 3 storm reports between 1996 and 2020: 2 flood, 1 tornado. 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 2020FloodLarkfield-Roadway flooding on Chalk Hill Rd at Spurgeon.
February 2015FloodLarkfield-Law enforecement reports a flooded roadway along Chalk Hill Road.
February 1996Tornado (F1)Larkfield-no account filed

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
Wikiup0.8 miles22
Fulton1.1 miles20
Shiloh3.0 miles22
Monroe3.1 miles20
Mark West Springs3.8 miles23
Woolsey3.9 miles20
East Windsor4.2 miles22
Santa Rosa4.4 miles23

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.

Wikidata item Q122561348The 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 2413644. 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.