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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.

Oak Knoll 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 Oak Knoll, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Oak Knoll, surveyed 1902

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.

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

484 since 1992

Regional 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/undetermined256
Equipment and vehicle use102
Debris and open burning32
Smoking25
Arson/incendiarism25
Power generation/transmission/distribution18
Misuse of fire by a minor16
Natural5
Recreation and ceremony4
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
8 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitPINE
8 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitHENSLEY
8 September 1993Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitHOFFMAN
8 September 1992Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitSHERMAN
7 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa Unitnot named
7 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitTHOMPSON AV NAPA
7 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitTHOMPSON AV NAPA 2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Napa County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Jacksons SpringsGeothermalUnknown
MountainMercuryOccurrence
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
Cicero Pumice QuarryPumiceOccurrence

Every working recorded in Napa County

Storms near this place

4 since 2010

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
October 2010Heavy RainOak Knoll$10,000Heavy rain caused rocks to fall onto State Highway 128 near Monticello dam at Lake Berryessa partially blocking the roadway.
November 2012FloodOak Knoll$500Hopper Creek flooded residential streets beginning around 5 AM with the water subsiding after the rains ended later Friday morning.
February 2019FloodOak Knoll-Closing number 2 lane due to flooding on SR-29 and Hoffman Ln.
April 2016Tornado (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 .

Every storm 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
Salvador1.4 miles25
Union2.9 miles25
Yountville3.3 miles25
Caymus (historical)3.6 miles25
Napa Soda Springs3.7 miles25
Vichy Springs4.2 miles25
Napa5.0 miles25
Lokoya5.0 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.

Wikidata item Q7073608The 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.