Mark West Springs, California
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1927 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Santa Rosa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95404. It stands on Porter Creek. The Survey maps it on the Mark West Springs quadrangle. It stands 449 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1927 to 1998The same ground, surveyed 71 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
13 surveys from 23 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.
- 1927 USGS Calistoga quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Calistoga quadrangle1:62500
- 1945 USGS Calistoga quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1947 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Mark West Springs quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Calistoga quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Healdsburg quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1993 USGS Mark West Springs quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1998 USGS Mark West Springs quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
210 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 210 fires within 5 miles of Mark West Springs between 1992 and 2018, burning about 1,057 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 12 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 | 77 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 73 |
| Debris and open burning | 18 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Smoking | 11 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1996 | Smoking | under an acre | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | CHALK |
| 7 September 2000 | Smoking | under an acre | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | NEWMAN |
| 7 September 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | LOCH HAVEN |
| 5 September 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | WILSHIRE |
| 4 September 2015 | Other causes | 1.0 acres | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | VINECREST |
| 3 September 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | WIRED |
| 28 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | not named |
| 25 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | LAVENDER |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 15 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Mark West Springs: 7 past producers, 5 producers, 1 prospect, 1 occurrence. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Manganese, Diatomite, Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dreamland | Mercury | Producer | ||
| Brooks Quarry | Stone | Producer | ||
| Goodman Bros. Deposit | Diatomite | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Goodman Bros. Deposit | Diatomite | Past Producer | ||
| Mark West Shale Quarry | Stone | Producer | ||
| Dreamland Mine | Manganese | Producer | ||
| Dreamland Mine | Manganese | Past Producer | 1918 | |
| Sharp Prospect | Manganese | Occurrence | ||
| Sharp Prospect | Manganese | Unknown | 1918 | |
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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.
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 Mark West Springs | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6770298 | 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 228121. 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.












