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Montgomery Village, California

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Santa Rosa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95405. It lies near Bennett Valley. The Survey maps it on the Santa Rosa quadrangle.

Montgomery Village within Sonoma County

Then and now

1916 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 78 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Montgomery Village, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Montgomery Village, surveyed 1916

Compare 1916 against another survey:

On record in Montgomery Village

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 2 records

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 23 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

536 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 536 fires within 5 miles of Montgomery Village between 1992 and 2020, burning about 544 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 55 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/undetermined269
Equipment and vehicle use90
Smoking74
Arson/incendiarism55
Misuse of fire by a minor26
Debris and open burning12
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Recreation and ceremony4
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 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia 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 23 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 23 workings within 5 miles of Montgomery Village: 10 past producers, 5 producers, 4 unknowns, 3 prospects. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Perlite. 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
FoerchlerManganeseProspect
StirlingIronUnknown
Z and G Quarry and MillStone, DimensionUnknown
Annadel FarmPerlitePast Producer
Unnamed LocationPerliteProspect
Cambou QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducerSedimentary
Cambou QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Petaluma Hill RoadStone, Crushed/BrokenProducerSedimentary
Zamaroni QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
O ConnorStoneProducer

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
Santa Rosa1.4 miles23
Roseland2.6 miles23
Melita2.9 miles23
Bellevue3.2 miles23
Monroe3.4 miles20
South Santa Rosa3.4 miles23
McCauley (historical)4.0 miles20
Oakmont4.5 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1659166. 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.