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Nicasio, California

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Northwest Marin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 94946. It lies near Lucas Valley. The Survey maps it on the San Geronimo quadrangle. 81 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 194 feet above sea level.

Nicasio within Marin County

Then and now

1914 to 1983

The same ground, surveyed 69 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Nicasio, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Nicasio, surveyed 1914

Population over time

2 figures

Nicasio fell from 96 to 81 between 2010 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.

YearPeople Change
201096
202081-15 (-16%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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

29 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Nicasio between 1992 and 2020, burning about 258 acres in total. 1 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/undetermined8
Equipment and vehicle use7
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Fireworks2
Recreation and ceremony2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Debris and open burning1
Natural1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
21 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.2 acresPoint Reyes National SeashoreDRAKE 2
10 September 2018Equipment and vehicle use151 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
9 August 2012Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreMarin County Fire Departmentnot named
9 August 1992Fireworks2.2 acresGolden Gate National Recreation AreaOLEMA I
9 August 1992Fireworks4.6 acresGolden Gate National Recreation AreaOLEMA II
28 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresMarin County Fire Departmentnot named
27 August 2009Arson/incendiarismunder an acreMarin County Fire Departmentnot named
13 August 2009Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresMarin County Fire Departmentnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marin County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Nicasio: 10 occurrences, 1 prospect, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Gold, Mercury, Gemstone. 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
Black MountainStoneOccurrence
Fort BakerManganese, GoldOccurrencePsilomelane
Mount Tamalpais Cemetery Quarry.Stone, Stone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Unnamed LocationGemstoneOccurrence
ClaimsMercuryOccurrence
ClaimsMercuryOccurrence
Black MountainStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Ft. BakerStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Inverness RidgeGoldOccurrence
Lafranchi QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Marin County

Storms near this place

1 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Nicasio in 1 storm report in 2010: 1 flood. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2010FloodNicasio$12,000Heavy rain caused flooding at the intersection of Wilson Hill and Marshall Petaluma Roads. Mud consumed the westbound lane and a large tree fell onto the roadway.

Every storm recorded in Marin 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
Jewell3.0 miles23
Taylorville (historical)3.2 miles23
Forest Knolls3.2 miles23
Tocaloma3.3 miles28
Irving (historical)3.4 miles23
Lagunitas3.5 miles23
San Geronimo3.8 miles23
Shafter4.0 miles23

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 NicasioAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3476052The 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 1659226. 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.