Redwood Valley, California
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Redwood Valley-Potter Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95470. It lies in Redwood Valley. The Survey maps it on the Redwood Valley quadrangle. 1,843 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 722 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1943 to 1981The same ground, surveyed 38 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Population over time
2 figuresRedwood Valley grew from 1,729 to 1,843 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,729 | |
| 2020 | 1,843 | +114 (+7%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 14 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 Pomo quadrangle1:62500
- 1957 USGS Ukiah quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Potter Valley quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Redwood Valley quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Ukiah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Ukiah quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
226 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 226 fires within 5 miles of Redwood Valley between 1992 and 2020, burning about 39,048 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 19 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 | 99 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 59 |
| Debris and open burning | 29 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 19 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Northern California District | UNNAMED FIRE 3669 |
| 9 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Mendocino Unit | MARINA |
| 8 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Mendocino Unit | LUSTIG |
| 8 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Mendocino Unit | WEIR |
| 7 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Mendocino Unit | GOLDEN 2 |
| 7 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Mendocino Unit | MARINA |
| 7 September 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Mendocino Unit | UVA |
| 6 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.2 acres | Mendocino Unit | WALLACE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 29 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 29 workings within 5 miles of Redwood Valley: 9 producers, 8 occurrences, 6 past producers, 5 prospects. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Manganese, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Manganese, Silica. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calpella | Osmium, Iridium, Platinum, Gold | Occurrence | Stream Placer | |
| Calpella | Platinum, Gold | Occurrence | ||
| South Thomas | Silica, Manganese | Past Producer | 1915, 1916 | |
| Ciancio Bar | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Mendocino Co. No.136 | Manganese, Silica | Past Producer | ||
| Redwood Valley Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Thomas Mine | Manganese, Silica | Past Producer | 1912, 1914 | |
| Unknown | Stone | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Location | Stone | Occurrence | ||
| Cleveland Homestead | Manganese | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laughlin | 1.9 miles | 14 | |
| Calpella | 2.2 miles | 15 | |
| Coyote Valley Rancheria (historical) | 3.0 miles | 15 | |
| The Forks | 5.1 miles | 15 | |
| Potter Valley | 6.2 miles | 14 | |
| Pomo | 6.4 miles | 14 | |
| Presswood | 6.7 miles | 15 | |
| Ridge | 7.1 miles | 15 |
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 Redwood Valley | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3459093 | 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 231454. 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.





