Old Red Rock Place, California
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Point Arena census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95445. It lies near Lowrey Openings. The Survey maps it on the McGuire Ridge quadrangle. It stands 1,798 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1943 to 1991The same ground, surveyed 48 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1943 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 15 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.
- 1943 USGS Ornbaun quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS Ornbaun 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 Ornbaun Valley quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Point Arena quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1991 USGS Mc Guire Ridge quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
69 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 69 fires within 5 miles of Old Red Rock Place between 1992 and 2019, burning about 287 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 6 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 | 24 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 16 |
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Mendocino Unit | GREEN |
| 7 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | BOSUN'S |
| 4 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.1 acres | Mendocino Unit | RIVER 4 |
| 3 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | MOONRISE DR GUALALA |
| 23 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Mendocino Unit | CHEWNING |
| 21 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | TREATMENT |
| 14 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Mendocino Unit | ROSEMAN |
| 13 September 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | FRANCHINI |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Old Red Rock Place: 3 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Mercury, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gualala Aggregates | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Pepperwood Creek | Mercury | Occurrence | ||
| Pepperwood Creek | Mercury | Occurrence | ||
| Unknown | Mercury | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gualala | 4.9 miles | 19 | |
| Anchor Bay | 7.2 miles | 19 | |
| Fish Rock | 7.6 miles | 19 | |
| Little Penny | 9.0 miles | 15 | |
| Signal Port (historical) | 9.5 miles | 19 | |
| Old Ornbaun Hot Springs | 10.8 miles | 15 | |
| Gallaway | 12.4 miles | 17 | |
| The Oaks | 13.8 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.
| Wikidata item Q7084826 | 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 1659295. 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.









