Lytton, California
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Healdsburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95448. The Survey maps it on the Jimtown quadrangle.
Then and now
1920 to 1993The same ground, surveyed 73 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
12 surveys from 22 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.
- 1920 USGS Healdsburg quadrangle1:62500
- 1933 USGS Healdsburg quadrangle1:48000
- 1940 USGS Healdsburg quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1947 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Healdsburg quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Jimtown quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Healdsburg quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1993 USGS Jimtown quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
213 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 213 fires within 5 miles of Lytton between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,408 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 18 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/undetermined | 100 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 58 |
| Debris and open burning | 20 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 18 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
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 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | ALEXANDER VALLEY RD HEAL |
| 8 September 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | MILL |
| 7 September 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | CANYON |
| 6 September 1994 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | DRY CREEK |
| 5 September 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | PASSALAQUA |
| 5 September 1993 | Smoking | under an acre | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | ACADEMY |
| 4 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 3 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 32 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 32 workings within 5 miles of Lytton: 16 producers, 7 occurrences, 7 unknowns, 2 past producers. 16 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Chromium, Calcium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inman Shale Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Location | Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Derrick Tin Prospect | Tin | Unknown | ||
| Maricoma Quicksilver Mine | Mercury | Unknown | ||
| Mcpherson Ranch | Chromium | Occurrence | ||
| Mericoma | Mercury | Past Producer | 1903 | |
| Purviance Ranch | Calcium | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Limestone | Calcium | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Location | Chromium | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Tin | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Simi | 1.3 miles | 22 | |
| Chiquita | 1.7 miles | 22 | |
| Nervo | 2.0 miles | 23 | |
| Jimtown | 2.8 miles | 22 | |
| Del Rio Woods | 3.0 miles | 22 | |
| Healdsburg | 3.4 miles | 22 | |
| Geyserville | 3.7 miles | 23 | |
| Camp Rose | 3.7 miles | 22 |
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 Lytton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q65043908 | 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 227874. 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.











