Mercuryville, California
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Cloverdale-Geyserville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95441. It lies near Geyser Peak. The Survey maps it on The Geysers quadrangle.
Then and now
1921 to 1993The 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.


Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 18 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.
- 1921 USGS Kelseyville quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Kelseyville quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Kelseyville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS The Geysers quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Healdsburg quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1993 USGS The Geysers quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
101 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 101 fires within 5 miles of Mercuryville between 1992 and 2019, burning about 101,713 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 13 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 38 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 13 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | HIGHLAND |
| 5 September 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | GEYSERS |
| 30 September 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | |
| 3 September 2003 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | RATTLESNAKE 2 |
| 3 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | GEYSER |
| 3 September 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | RATTLESNAKE |
| 26 September 1992 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | BELCHER |
| 25 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,547 acres | Central California District | SAWMILL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 77 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 77 workings within 5 miles of Mercuryville: 24 unknowns, 23 past producers, 22 occurrences, 5 prospects. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Mercury, Manganese, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Chromium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cornucopia | Copper, Cobalt | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Geyser Quarry | Stone | Unknown | ||
| Healdsburg Lode | Copper | Unknown | ||
| Red Hill | Chromium, Iron | Past Producer | 1892 | |
| Unnamed Location | Sulfur | Occurrence | ||
| Black Ranch | Calcium | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Limestone | Calcium | Past Producer | ||
| Pine Flat Road | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Pine Flat Road | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Red Hill Claim | Chromium, Mercury | Past Producer | Chromite, Cinnabar |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Black Oaks | 3.8 miles | 18 | |
| Geyserville | 6.4 miles | 23 | |
| Omus | 6.5 miles | 23 | |
| Nervo | 6.8 miles | 23 | |
| Chianti | 6.9 miles | 23 | |
| Jimtown | 7.6 miles | 22 | |
| Asti | 8.1 miles | 22 | |
| Lytton | 8.5 miles | 22 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 252738. 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.










