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Napa Soda Springs, 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 94558. It lies near Castle Peak. The Survey maps it on the Yountville quadrangle. It stands 705 feet above sea level.

Napa Soda Springs within Napa County

Then and now

1902 to 1983

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Napa Soda Springs, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Napa Soda Springs, surveyed 1902

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 25 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 Napa Soda Springs between 1992 and 2020, burning about 53,153 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 11 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/undetermined186
Equipment and vehicle use107
Debris and open burning27
Smoking26
Power generation/transmission/distribution17
Arson/incendiarism11
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Natural3
Recreation and ceremony3
Other causes1

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
9 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitVETS HOME YOUNTVILLE
9 September 2000Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresNorthern California DistrictSILVERADO
8 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitPINE
8 September 1993Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitHOFFMAN
7 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitSOLANO AV / DARMS LN 5
6 September 2015Smoking1.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitVETS HOME YOUNTVILLE
6 September 2006Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitATLAS
6 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa Unit29

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Napa County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 22 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Napa Soda Springs: 11 occurrences, 7 producers, 2 prospects, 2 unknowns. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Pumice, Mercury, Diatomite, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Jacksons SpringsGeothermalUnknown
Unnamed LocationStoneOccurrence
Basalt Rock CoDiatomiteProducerSedimentary
Basalt Rock CoClayProducer
Basalt Rock CoClayProducer
Basalt Rock Co.DiatomiteOccurrenceSedimentary
Roderick Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Roderick Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnknownMercuryOccurrence
Unnamed LocationMercuryUnknown

Every working recorded in Napa 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
Atlas3.1 miles25
Oak Knoll3.7 miles25
Vichy Springs3.8 miles25
Salvador4.1 miles25
Yountville4.4 miles25
Caymus (historical)4.6 miles25
Union5.1 miles25
Napa6.5 miles25

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 Soda SpringsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6964790The 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 1659763. 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.