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McCauley, California

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Santa Rosa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95407. The Survey maps it on the Sebastopol quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

McCauley 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 McCauley (historical), surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of McCauley (historical), surveyed 1935

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

390 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 390 fires within 5 miles of McCauley (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 341 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 35 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/undetermined215
Smoking57
Equipment and vehicle use48
Arson/incendiarism35
Misuse of fire by a minor18
Debris and open burning9
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Recreation and ceremony2
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 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
8 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
8 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
8 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
8 September 1992Equipment and vehicle use7.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitRUSSELL
7 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
7 September 2000Smokingunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitNEWMAN
6 September 2005Arson/incendiarism3.1 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sonoma County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of McCauley (historical): 4 past producers, 3 unknowns, 3 producers, 1 prospect. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Dimension. 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
Z and G Quarry and MillStone, DimensionUnknown
Petaluma Hill RoadStone, Crushed/BrokenProducerSedimentary
Zamaroni QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
O ConnorStoneProducer
O ConnorStonePast Producer
Unnamed LocationStoneOccurrence
Mark West CreekSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Onsrud Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Onsrud Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Parker Hill RanchSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect

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
Riccas Corner1.4 miles20
Monroe1.8 miles20
Roseland1.8 miles23
Llano2.1 miles20
South Santa Rosa2.4 miles23
Santa Rosa2.6 miles23
Gravenstein2.9 miles20
Bellevue3.1 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1701315. 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.