Navarro, California
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Mendocino census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95466. It stands on Surrender Creek. The Survey maps it on the Navarro quadrangle. It stands 269 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1943 to 1991The same ground, surveyed 48 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
7 surveys from 15 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.
- 1943 USGS Navarro quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1944 USGS Saddle Point quadrangle1:62500
- 1957 USGS Ukiah quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Ukiah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Navarro quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Ukiah quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1991 USGS Navarro quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
59 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 59 fires within 5 miles of Navarro between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,840 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 1 was 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 | 16 |
| Debris and open burning | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Mendocino Unit | NASH |
| 3 September 2003 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Mendocino Unit | MINI MOUSE |
| 3 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | 22 acres | Mendocino Unit | LIGHTNING 81 |
| 24 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Mendocino Unit | PHILO |
| 22 September 2003 | Natural | 250 acres | Mendocino Unit | MOUSE II |
| 18 September 2001 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Mendocino Unit | BAILEY |
| 17 September 2017 | Natural | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | 5-1 |
| 8 August 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Mendocino Unit | HOLMES |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Navarro: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| O'Brien Shale Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 2024Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Navarro in 5 storm reports between 2024 and 2026: 4 flood, 1 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2026 | Flood | Navarro | - | Highway 128 closed due to flooding from the Navarro River and its tributaries. The river reached official flood stage around 10 pm on the 5th for a few hours. |
| February 2025 | Flood | Navarro | - | State route 128 closed at Flynn Creek Gate due to flooding.|Lat. 39.16N, Long. -123.58W. |
| March 2024 | Heavy Rain | Navarro | - | Law Enforcement reported a Landslide 9 miles WSW of Comptche, CA blocking one lane of HWY 128. LAT. 39.20N, LONG. -123.75W. |
| December 2024 | Flood | Navarro | - | Highway 128 flooded along the North Fort of the Navarro River. Two feet of water reported on the roadway with multiple vehicles stranded. |
| December 2024 | Flood | Navarro | - | Highway 128 completely flooded near Clark Road in the Navarro area. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reilly Heights | 3.2 miles | 15 | |
| Old Bailey Place | 3.3 miles | 12 | |
| Cape Horn | 5.1 miles | 17 | |
| Philbrick Mill | 5.4 miles | 12 | |
| Hendy Grove | 6.6 miles | 12 | |
| Philo | 7.9 miles | 12 | |
| Comptche | 8.2 miles | 14 | |
| Cameron | 8.3 miles | 14 |
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 Navarro | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6982159 | 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 229429. 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.






