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.
Then and now
1938 to 1981The 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 sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 18 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.
- 1938 USGS Hopland quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Hopland quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS Hopland quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Hopland quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Hopland quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Point Arena quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
142 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 59 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 38 |
| Debris and open burning | 22 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Mendocino Unit | 101 |
| 7 September 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Mendocino Unit | HAMPTON |
| 5 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Mendocino Unit | HOUSE |
| 3 September 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Mendocino Unit | MIDDLE RANCH |
| 28 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Mendocino Unit | HWY 101 MP 007.25 HOPLAND |
| 24 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Mendocino Unit | QUARRY |
| 22 September 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Northern California District | JONES |
| 21 September 2012 | Smoking | under an acre | Mendocino Unit | DUNCAN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 34 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mendocino Mining & Milling Co. Inc. | Gold, Platinum, Mercury | Producer | Stream Placer | |
| John L. Mcnabb | Graphite | Occurrence | ||
| Mcgimpsey Prospect | Copper | Unknown | ||
| Mendocino Mining & Milling Co Inc | Platinum | Occurrence | ||
| Native Copper | Copper | Occurrence | Copper | |
| Prospects | Graphite | Occurrence | ||
| C W Johnson Prospect | Clay | Unknown | ||
| C. W. Johnson Prospect | Chromium | Occurrence | Chromite | |
| Crawford | Chromium | Occurrence | Chromite | |
| Crawford | Clay | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
9 since 2017Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2017 | Heavy Rain | Old Hopland | $550,000 | Dooley Creek bank erosion near Old Hopland. |
| November 2024 | Heavy Rain | Old Hopland | $1,100 | Rockslide in westbound lane of the hwy 175, 5 miles south of Knobcone Camp, CA.|Lat. 38.97N, -123.02W. |
| January 2026 | Flood | Old Hopland | - | Water crossing both lanes at the intersection of Highway 101 and Old River Road. |
| February 2025 | Flood | Old 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 2025 | Heavy Rain | Old Hopland | - | Rocks and boulders the size of basketballs in the roadway on the Hopland Grade along Highway 175. |
| December 2025 | Flood | Old Hopland | - | River gauge exceeded flood stage at Hopland on the Russian River. Highway 175 flooded and closed. |
| February 2024 | Flood | Old Hopland | - | The Russian River at Hopland exceeded flood stage and flooded Highway 175 near Hopland causing the road to be closed. |
| January 2023 | Heavy Rain | Old Hopland | - | Traffic collision due to an earth slide across HWY 101. |
| March 2023 | Flood | Old Hopland | - | Highway 175 has a full closure due to flooding from Hwy 101 to McDowell street. One mile SSE of Holland. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hopland | 0.9 miles | 18 | |
| Dawes | 2.0 miles | 18 | |
| Duncan Springs | 2.1 miles | 18 | |
| Nacomis Indian Rancheria | 2.3 miles | 18 | |
| Rankin (historical) | 3.3 miles | 18 | |
| Largo | 3.5 miles | 17 | |
| Pieta | 4.1 miles | 18 | |
| Crittendon (historical) | 4.4 miles | 16 |
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 Hopland | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7084241 | 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 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.










