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Manzana, California

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Russian River-Sonoma Coast census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95472. It stands on Atascadero Creek. The Survey maps it on the Sebastopol quadrangle.

Manzana within Sonoma County

Then and now

1935 to 1983

The same ground, surveyed 48 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Manzana, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Manzana, surveyed 1935

On record in Manzana

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 20 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

221 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 221 fires within 5 miles of Manzana between 1992 and 2020, burning about 142 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 19 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/undetermined83
Equipment and vehicle use58
Debris and open burning30
Arson/incendiarism19
Power generation/transmission/distribution12
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Smoking6
Recreation and ceremony4
Natural2

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
7 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionMARTINELLI RD / RIVER RD
7 September 1992Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitWESTSIDE
7 September 1992Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitEASTSIDE
6 September 2010Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitBODEGA
6 September 1995Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitGRATON
5 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitGREEN #3
4 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
4 September 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitWHITEMAN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sonoma County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 29 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 29 workings within 5 miles of Manzana: 12 unknowns, 9 occurrences, 6 producers, 2 past producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Chromium, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Mercury, Copper. 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
Blue Rock Pit and MillStone, DimensionUnknown
Unnamed LocationGarnetUnknown
Unnamed ProspectGoldOccurrence
Wall TractCopper, MercuryOccurrenceVein
Burl Howell QuarryStoneUnknown
Canyon Rock Pit and MillStoneProducer
Absco Paving Co.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Mark West CreekSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Mirabel Sand & GravelSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
ArcherCopperPast ProducerVein

Every working recorded in Sonoma County

Storms near this place

7 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Manzana in 7 storm reports between 2010 and 2019: 5 flood, 1 flash flood, 1 debris flow. 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 2010FloodManzana$4,000A motorist decided to drive around barriers stating the road was flooded and ended up submerged up to his door handles. Atascadero Creek was running three feet deep across Green Valley Road in Graton when the driver decided to attempt to cross the creek. Other commonly flooded roads in Sonoma County remained closed.
February 2019FloodManzana-Vehicle stuck in water at Green Valley Rd and Sullivan Rd.
February 2019Debris FlowManzana-Large mud slide blocking westbound lane near SR 116 and Green Valley Rd.
February 2019FloodManzana-CHP reporting water across all lanes near Frei Rd and Guerneville Rd.
April 2018FloodManzana-Roadway flooding reported at Green Valley Road and SR-116.
March 2017FloodManzana-Roadway flooding at Green Valley Rd near Sullivan Rd.
December 2016Flash FloodManzana-Flash flooding on Green Valley Road near Graton.

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
Williams (historical)0.5 miles20
Sousa Corners0.6 miles20
Graton0.6 miles20
Lacresta (historical)1.0 miles20
Hopyard (historical)1.1 miles20
Ross1.2 miles20
Barlow1.6 miles20
Harbine (historical)1.6 miles20

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 Q122595544The 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 1659049. 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.