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Lawndale, California

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Santa Rosa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95452. It lies near Frey Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Kenwood quadrangle.

Lawndale within Sonoma County

Then and now

1916 to 1983

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Lawndale, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Lawndale, surveyed 1916

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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

252 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 252 fires within 5 miles of Lawndale between 1992 and 2020, burning about 512 acres in total. 1 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/undetermined104
Equipment and vehicle use79
Debris and open burning22
Arson/incendiarism14
Smoking12
Power generation/transmission/distribution9
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Recreation and ceremony4
Natural1

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 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitBRISTOL
8 September 2004Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitHAWKS
6 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitHIGHWAY 2
5 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitLOS ALAMOS RD SANTA_ROSA
5 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitTRINITY
4 September 1998Smokingunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitWINERY
3 September 2008Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitBURNHAM
29 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitLONDON CDF TAC6

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sonoma County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 34 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 34 workings within 5 miles of Lawndale: 12 past producers, 12 producers, 6 occurrences, 2 prospects. 12 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Perlite. 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
Mount Hood MineChromiumUnknown
StirlingIronOccurrenceHematite
Trinity QuarryStone, DimensionProducer
Unnamed LocationAluminumOccurrence
Unnamed LocationGeothermalOccurrence
Valley of the MoonFlagstonePast Producer
Richter DepositDiatomiteProducerSedimentary
Richter DepositDiatomitePast Producer
Annadel FarmPerlitePast Producer
Annadel FarmPerliteProducer

Every working 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
Los Guilicos0.7 miles23
Kenwood1.4 miles23
Wildwood (historical)2.0 miles23
Oakmont2.3 miles23
Felice (historical)2.9 miles23
Beltaine (historical)3.4 miles23
Waldrue Heights4.0 miles22
Melita4.3 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 252721. 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.