Napa, California
25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Napa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 94559. It stands on Napa Creek. The Survey maps it on the Napa quadrangle. 79,246 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 20 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1902 to 1983The same ground, surveyed 81 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in Napa
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 12 of 42 shown
Alexandria Hotel and Annexlisted 1982
William Andrews Houselisted 1992
Bank of Napalisted 1992
Buford Houselisted 1977
Carneros Creek Bridge on Old Sonoma Roadlisted 2005
Churchill Manorlisted 1977
Thomas Earl Houselisted 1992
Eshcol Winerylisted 1987
First National Banklisted 1992
First Presbyterian Churchlisted 1975
First Street Bridgelisted 2004
Goodman Librarylisted 1974
Population over time
3 figuresNapa grew from 159 to 79,246 between 1850 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1850 | 159 | |
| 2010 | 76,915 | |
| 2020 | 79,246 | +2,331 (+3%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 25 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.
- 1902 USGS Napa quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1942 USGS Sonoma quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Napa quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1951 USGS Sonoma quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Napa quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
536 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 536 fires within 5 miles of Napa between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,699 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 31 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 | 288 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 128 |
| Debris and open burning | 34 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 31 |
| Smoking | 22 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 19 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Natural | 3 |
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 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 7 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | not named |
| 7 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | THOMPSON AV NAPA |
| 7 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | THOMPSON AV NAPA 2 |
| 5 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | VICHY AV NAPA |
| 5 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 5 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | MONTICELLO RD NAPA |
| 5 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | KELLY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 28 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 28 workings within 5 miles of Napa: 13 producers, 9 occurrences, 3 past producers, 3 prospects. 13 still produce. What was taken out: Pumice, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Location | Stone | Occurrence | ||
| Basalt Rock Co | Diatomite | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Basalt Rock Co | Clay | Producer | ||
| Basalt Rock Co | Stone, Dimension | Producer | ||
| Basalt Rock Co | Clay | Producer | ||
| Basalt Rock Co. Quarry, Possibly | Diatomite | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Juarez Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Producer | ||
| Basalt Rock Company, Inc. | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Juarez Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Napa Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
7 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Napa in 7 storm reports between 2004 and 2019: 4 flood, 1 flash flood, 1 hail, 1 lightning. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2009 | Flood | Napa | $10,000 | The westbound lane of Imola Avenue at Lernhart Street near South Jefferson Street was closed due to flooding. Heavy rain along with overwhelmed storm drains caused the flooding. Also, minor rock and mud slides occurred across Butts Canyon Road just before the Lake County line. |
| February 2019 | Flood | West Napa | - | SR 12 at SR 121 northbound lanes flooded. |
| November 2018 | Flood | West Napa | - | Golden Gate Dr in Napa area. |
| March 2017 | Lightning | Napa | - | A tree was struck by lightning at Park Ave and Sonoma Street leaving thousands without power. Reported by the Napa Valley Register. |
| December 2014 | Flood | West Napa | - | Water flooding all lanes of Route 29 near Napa. |
| September 2014 | Hail | Napa | - | Hail of 1/2 inch diameter fell in downtown Napa and across the southern part of Napa County. Hail accumulated to a depth of 3 to 6 inches in some places and produced leaf damage to trees and plants in the city. |
| January 2004 | Flash Flood | Napa | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Napa Abajo | 0.3 miles | 25 | |
| Imola | 1.3 miles | 25 | |
| Union | 2.1 miles | 25 | |
| Shipyard Acres | 2.7 miles | 25 | |
| Rocktram | 2.8 miles | 25 | |
| Vichy Springs | 3.1 miles | 25 | |
| Salvador | 3.5 miles | 25 | |
| Stanley | 3.6 miles | 29 |
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 Napa | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q60537 | 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 277561. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.









