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Nervo, California

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Cloverdale-Geyserville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95441. It stands on Peterson Creek. The Survey maps it on the Geyserville quadrangle.

Nervo within Sonoma County

Then and now

1920 to 1997

The same ground, surveyed 77 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Nervo, surveyed 1997
Topographic sheet of Nervo, surveyed 1920

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 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

192 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 192 fires within 5 miles of Nervo between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,774 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 20 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/undetermined76
Equipment and vehicle use54
Debris and open burning23
Arson/incendiarism20
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Smoking4
Natural4
Recreation and ceremony4
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Firearms and explosives use1

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 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionALEXANDER VALLEY RD HEAL
7 September 1992Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitCANYON
6 September 1994Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitDRY CREEK
5 September 2005Natural3.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitDUTCHER
5 September 2004Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitPASSALAQUA
5 September 1993Smokingunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitACADEMY
4 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
3 September 2003Naturalunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitLYTTON

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 Nervo: 14 producers, 6 occurrences, 2 past producers, 1 unknown. 14 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Chromium, Mercury, Tin. 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
Unnamed LimestoneCalciumPast Producer
Unnamed ProspectTinOccurrence
Maricoma Quicksilver MineMercuryUnknown
Mcpherson RanchChromiumOccurrence
MericomaMercuryPast Producer1903
Unnamed LocationChromiumOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectChromiumOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectMercuryOccurrence
Alexander Valley BarSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Alexander Valley BarsSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

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
Geyserville1.8 miles23
Lytton2.0 miles22
Omus3.0 miles23
Simi3.3 miles22
Jimtown3.5 miles22
Chiquita3.7 miles22
Cozzens Corner3.9 miles23
Chianti4.7 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1659210. 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.