Lonoak, California
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the King City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93930. It lies near Peachtree Valley. The Survey maps it on the Lonoak quadrangle. It stands 883 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1915 to 1987The same ground, surveyed 72 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1915 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 21 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.
- 1915 USGS Priest Valley quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1943 USGS Hernandez Valley quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS Hernandez Valley quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Santa Cruz quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Santa Cruz quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Hernandez Valley quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Santa Cruz quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Santa Cruz quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Santa Cruz quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Lonoak quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1974 USGS Monterey quadrangle1:250000
- 1987 USGS Coalinga quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
17 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Lonoak between 1993 and 2019, burning about 3,107 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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 | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 37 acres | San Benito-Monterey Unit | LONOAK |
| 20 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 36 acres | San Benito-Monterey Unit | LEWIS |
| 22 August 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | San Benito-Monterey Unit | CABEU003130 |
| 11 August 2012 | Debris and open burning | 82 acres | San Benito-Monterey Unit | LONOAK |
| 7 July 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | San Benito-Monterey Unit | CATTLEMEN |
| 6 July 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | San Benito-Monterey Unit | CABEU002528 |
| 31 July 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | San Benito-Monterey Unit | PG&E #18 |
| 3 July 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | San Benito-Monterey Unit | AIRLINE |
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Lonoak: 3 past producers, 1 producer, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gypsum-Anhydrite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alvarez & Tully Deposit | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Past Producer | ||
| Eade Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Lewis & Clark Claim | Copper | Prospect | ||
| Lewis and Clark Claim | Copper | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Unnamed Location | Copper | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Location | Copper | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2023Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lonoak in 1 storm report in 2023: 1 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 2023 | Flood | Lonoak | - | A mudslide caused California Highway 25 to become completely impassable south of Lonoak. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Welby | 9.1 miles | 24 | |
| Elsa | 10.5 miles | 26 | |
| King City | 10.7 miles | 23 | |
| San Lucas | 11.0 miles | 24 | |
| Coburn | 11.1 miles | 26 | |
| Docas (historical) | 13.4 miles | 25 | |
| Metz | 15.2 miles | 26 | |
| Greenfield | 16.2 miles | 26 |
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 Lonoak | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6674786 | 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 1660942. 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.











