Pine Grove, California
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1945 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Cobb census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95426. It stands on Houghton Creek. The Survey maps it on the Whispering Pines quadrangle. It stands 2,520 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1945 to 1998The same ground, surveyed 53 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 20 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.
- 1945 USGS Lower Lake quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1947 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Lower Lake quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Whispering Pines quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1962 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Healdsburg quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1993 USGS Whispering Pines quadrangle1:24000
- 1998 USGS Whispering Pines quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
228 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 228 fires within 5 miles of Pine Grove between 1992 and 2020, burning about 171,709 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 8 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 | 88 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 54 |
| Debris and open burning | 41 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 12 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
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 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | BIG CANYON RD / SEIGLER C |
| 8 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | HIGHLAND |
| 7 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | YOGI |
| 4 September 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | OBSERVATION |
| 3 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | LOCH LOMOND |
| 3 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12,525 acres | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | GEYSERS |
| 27 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | AIRSTRIP |
| 27 September 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | HIGH |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 87 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 87 workings within 5 miles of Pine Grove: 45 occurrences, 24 unknowns, 9 past producers, 5 prospects. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Mercury, Manganese, Chromium, Copper. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Copper Prince | Copper, Silver, Gold | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Kims Yard Ii | Clay | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Location | Sulfur | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Location | Tin | Occurrence | ||
| Black Ranch | Limestone, Dimension | Occurrence | ||
| Clear Lake Gem Mining Company Or & Near Perini Hill | Gemstone | Occurrence | ||
| Clearlake Gem Mining Company | Gemstone | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Location | Limestone, Dimension | Occurrence | ||
| Geyser Quarry | Stone | Unknown | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
Storms near this place
1 since 2025Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pine Grove in 1 storm report in 2025: 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2025 | Heavy Rain | Pine Grove | $3,500 | Rockslide from heavy rain with tree debris reported on highway 175 near Cobb, CA. |Lat. 38.83N, Long. -122.72W. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cobb | 0.6 miles | 20 | |
| Forest Lake | 1.0 miles | 20 | |
| Hobergs | 1.1 miles | 20 | |
| Whispering Pines | 1.4 miles | 20 | |
| Adams | 2.0 miles | 20 | |
| Glenbrook | 2.2 miles | 18 | |
| Ettawa Springs | 2.4 miles | 20 | |
| Loch Lomond | 2.5 miles | 20 |
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 Pine Grove | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7195148 | 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 1659392. 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.










