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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.

Mercuryville within Sonoma County

Then and now

1921 to 1993

The 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 sheet of Mercuryville, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Mercuryville, surveyed 1921

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 18 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

101 since 1992

Regional 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 use38
Missing data/not specified/undetermined25
Arson/incendiarism13
Debris and open burning10
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Natural2
Smoking2
Recreation and ceremony2
Misuse of fire by a minor2

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 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitHIGHLAND
5 September 2002Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitGEYSERS
30 September 2000Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitPOCKET
3 September 2003Natural2.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitRATTLESNAKE 2
3 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitGEYSER
3 September 2003Naturalunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitRATTLESNAKE
26 September 1992Smoking1.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitBELCHER
25 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined1,547 acresCentral California DistrictSAWMILL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sonoma County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 77 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
CornucopiaCopper, CobaltOccurrenceVein
Geyser QuarryStoneUnknown
Healdsburg LodeCopperUnknown
Red HillChromium, IronPast Producer1892
Unnamed LocationSulfurOccurrence
Black RanchCalciumUnknown
Unnamed LimestoneCalciumPast Producer
Pine Flat RoadSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Pine Flat RoadSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Red Hill ClaimChromium, MercuryPast ProducerChromite, Cinnabar

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
Black Oaks3.8 miles18
Geyserville6.4 miles23
Omus6.5 miles23
Nervo6.8 miles23
Chianti6.9 miles23
Jimtown7.6 miles22
Asti8.1 miles22
Lytton8.5 miles22

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.