Oak Knoll, 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. The Survey maps it on the Napa quadrangle. It stands 112 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 Oak Knoll
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 within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Eshcol Winerylisted 1987 · 0.2 miles away
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
484 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 484 fires within 5 miles of Oak Knoll between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,455 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 25 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 | 256 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 102 |
| Debris and open burning | 32 |
| Smoking | 25 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 25 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 18 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 16 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | VETS HOME YOUNTVILLE |
| 8 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | PINE |
| 8 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | HENSLEY |
| 8 September 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | HOFFMAN |
| 8 September 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | SHERMAN |
| 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 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 15 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Oak Knoll: 7 occurrences, 5 producers, 2 prospects, 1 unknown. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Pumice, Diatomite, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jacksons Springs | Geothermal | Unknown | ||
| Mountain | Mercury | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Location | Stone | Occurrence | ||
| Basalt Rock Co | Diatomite | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Basalt Rock Co | Clay | Producer | ||
| Basalt Rock Co | Clay | Producer | ||
| Basalt Rock Co. | Diatomite | Occurrence | Sedimentary | |
| Roderick Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Roderick Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Cicero Pumice Quarry | Pumice | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
4 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Oak Knoll in 4 storm reports between 2010 and 2019: 2 flood, 1 heavy rain, 1 tornado. 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 2010 | Heavy Rain | Oak Knoll | $10,000 | Heavy rain caused rocks to fall onto State Highway 128 near Monticello dam at Lake Berryessa partially blocking the roadway. |
| November 2012 | Flood | Oak Knoll | $500 | Hopper Creek flooded residential streets beginning around 5 AM with the water subsiding after the rains ended later Friday morning. |
| February 2019 | Flood | Oak Knoll | - | Closing number 2 lane due to flooding on SR-29 and Hoffman Ln. |
| April 2016 | Tornado (EF0) | Oak Knoll | - | Waterspout formed on lake Berryessa during cold frontal passage. This was filmed by people visiting the lake and was only a blip on the radar due to distance and elevation from the radar. |LSR: https://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/wx/afos/p.php?pil=LSRMTR&e=201604281650 .|Write up: http://www.wrh.noaa.gov/mtr/stormSummary/SvrWx4_27_16/svrwx_4_27_16.php . |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salvador | 1.4 miles | 25 | |
| Union | 2.9 miles | 25 | |
| Yountville | 3.3 miles | 25 | |
| Caymus (historical) | 3.6 miles | 25 | |
| Napa Soda Springs | 3.7 miles | 25 | |
| Vichy Springs | 4.2 miles | 25 | |
| Napa | 5.0 miles | 25 | |
| Lokoya | 5.0 miles | 23 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q7073608 | 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 252755. 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.









