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Old Hopland, California

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1938 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Hopland census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95449. It stands on Dooley Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hopland quadrangle. It stands 499 feet above sea level.

Old Hopland within Mendocino County

Then and now

1938 to 1981

The same ground, surveyed 43 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Old Hopland, surveyed 1981
Topographic sheet of Old Hopland, surveyed 1938

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 18 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

142 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 142 fires within 5 miles of Old Hopland between 1992 and 2020, burning about 376 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 11 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/undetermined59
Equipment and vehicle use38
Debris and open burning22
Arson/incendiarism11
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Smoking3
Natural2
Fireworks2
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
8 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMendocino Unit101
7 September 1992Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMendocino UnitHAMPTON
5 September 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMendocino UnitHOUSE
3 September 2003Naturalunder an acreMendocino UnitMIDDLE RANCH
28 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreMendocino UnitHWY 101 MP 007.25 HOPLAND
24 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMendocino UnitQUARRY
22 September 1999Naturalunder an acreNorthern California DistrictJONES
21 September 2012Smokingunder an acreMendocino UnitDUNCAN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mendocino County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 34 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 34 workings within 5 miles of Old Hopland: 12 producers, 11 occurrences, 7 prospects, 3 unknowns. 12 still produce. What was taken out: Mercury, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Manganese, Chromium. 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
Mendocino Mining & Milling Co. Inc.Gold, Platinum, MercuryProducerStream Placer
John L. McnabbGraphiteOccurrence
Mcgimpsey ProspectCopperUnknown
Mendocino Mining & Milling Co IncPlatinumOccurrence
Native CopperCopperOccurrenceCopper
ProspectsGraphiteOccurrence
C W Johnson ProspectClayUnknown
C. W. Johnson ProspectChromiumOccurrenceChromite
CrawfordChromiumOccurrenceChromite
CrawfordClayOccurrence

Every working recorded in Mendocino County

Storms near this place

9 since 2017

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Old Hopland in 9 storm reports between 2017 and 2026: 5 flood, 4 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
January 2017Heavy RainOld Hopland$550,000Dooley Creek bank erosion near Old Hopland.
November 2024Heavy RainOld Hopland$1,100Rockslide in westbound lane of the hwy 175, 5 miles south of Knobcone Camp, CA.|Lat. 38.97N, -123.02W.
January 2026FloodOld Hopland-Water crossing both lanes at the intersection of Highway 101 and Old River Road.
February 2025FloodOld Hopland-Flooding of the Russian River caused by heavy rain, closing hwy 175 approximately 2 miles east-southeast of Hopland, CA. Lat. 38.98N, Long. -123.09W.
December 2025Heavy RainOld Hopland-Rocks and boulders the size of basketballs in the roadway on the Hopland Grade along Highway 175.
December 2025FloodOld Hopland-River gauge exceeded flood stage at Hopland on the Russian River. Highway 175 flooded and closed.
February 2024FloodOld Hopland-The Russian River at Hopland exceeded flood stage and flooded Highway 175 near Hopland causing the road to be closed.
January 2023Heavy RainOld Hopland-Traffic collision due to an earth slide across HWY 101.
March 2023FloodOld Hopland-Highway 175 has a full closure due to flooding from Hwy 101 to McDowell street. One mile SSE of Holland.

Every storm recorded in Mendocino 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
Hopland0.9 miles18
Dawes2.0 miles18
Duncan Springs2.1 miles18
Nacomis Indian Rancheria2.3 miles18
Rankin (historical)3.3 miles18
Largo3.5 miles17
Pieta4.1 miles18
Crittendon (historical)4.4 miles16

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 Old HoplandAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7084241The 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 1659291. 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.