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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.

Redwood Valley within Mendocino County

Then and now

1943 to 1981

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Redwood Valley, surveyed 1981
Topographic sheet of Redwood Valley, surveyed 1943

Population over time

2 figures

Redwood 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.

YearPeople Change
20101,729
20201,843+114 (+7%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 14 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

226 since 1992

Regional 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/undetermined99
Equipment and vehicle use59
Debris and open burning29
Arson/incendiarism19
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Smoking2
Recreation and ceremony2
Other causes2
Fireworks1
Natural1

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 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNorthern California DistrictUNNAMED FIRE 3669
9 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMendocino UnitMARINA
8 September 1998Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMendocino UnitLUSTIG
8 September 1997Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresMendocino UnitWEIR
7 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresMendocino UnitGOLDEN 2
7 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMendocino UnitMARINA
7 September 1992Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMendocino UnitUVA
6 September 2010Equipment and vehicle use1.2 acresMendocino UnitWALLACE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Mendocino County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 29 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
CalpellaOsmium, Iridium, Platinum, GoldOccurrenceStream Placer
CalpellaPlatinum, GoldOccurrence
South ThomasSilica, ManganesePast Producer1915, 1916
Ciancio BarSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Mendocino Co. No.136Manganese, SilicaPast Producer
Redwood Valley Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Thomas MineManganese, SilicaPast Producer1912, 1914
UnknownStoneOccurrence
Unnamed LocationStoneOccurrence
Cleveland HomesteadManganeseOccurrence

Every working recorded in Mendocino 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
Laughlin1.9 miles14
Calpella2.2 miles15
Coyote Valley Rancheria (historical)3.0 miles15
The Forks5.1 miles15
Potter Valley6.2 miles14
Pomo6.4 miles14
Presswood6.7 miles15
Ridge7.1 miles15

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 ValleyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3459093The 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.