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Redwood Grove, California

33 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the San Lorenzo Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95006. It stands on Kings Creek. The Survey maps it on the Big Basin quadrangle.

Redwood Grove within Santa Cruz County

Then and now

1902 to 1997

The same ground, surveyed 95 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Redwood Grove, surveyed 1997
Topographic sheet of Redwood Grove, surveyed 1902

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 33 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

288 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 288 fires within 5 miles of Redwood Grove between 1992 and 2020, burning about 8,350 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 10 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/undetermined112
Equipment and vehicle use78
Misuse of fire by a minor23
Debris and open burning23
Recreation and ceremony17
Smoking12
Arson/incendiarism10
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Natural4
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 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitLOST
9 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitEMPIRE GRADE
9 September 1993Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitBEAR CREEK #3
9 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitBEAR CREEK NUMBER 2
8 September 1999Naturalunder an acreSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitUPPER
7 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitJAMISON
7 September 2000Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitARAKI
7 September 1995Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitBUS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Santa Cruz County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Redwood Grove: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold. 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
Unnamed LocationGoldOccurrence

Every working recorded in Santa Cruz County

Storms near this place

2 since 2016

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Redwood Grove in 2 storm reports between 2016 and 2025: 1 flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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
December 2025Thunderstorm WindRedwood Grove-A tree was reported down on all lanes of California Highway 9 at Douglas Avenue.
December 2016FloodRedwood Grove-Minor flooding reported.

Every storm recorded in Santa Cruz 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
Rices Junction0.3 miles33
Wildwood0.4 miles33
Riverside Grove1.2 miles33
Bracken Brae1.3 miles33
Forest Springs1.5 miles33
Forest Park1.6 miles33
Boulder Creek2.3 miles34
San Lorenzo Park2.7 miles33

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1659489. 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.