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Rockville, California

34 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Fairfield-Suisun City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 94534. The Survey maps it on the Fairfield South quadrangle.

Rockville within Solano County

Then and now

1896 to 1983

The same ground, surveyed 87 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Rockville, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Rockville, surveyed 1896

Compare 1896 against another survey:

On record in Rockville

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 34 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

143 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 143 fires within 5 miles of Rockville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 844 acres in total. None started naturally. 13 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/undetermined66
Equipment and vehicle use38
Arson/incendiarism13
Debris and open burning10
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Smoking2
Recreation and ceremony2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Firearms and explosives use1

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 2005Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
5 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionSPURS
5 September 1998Equipment and vehicle use66 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitCATTLE
4 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitROCKVILLE PARK
29 September 1997Railroad operations and maintenance10 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitSPURS
28 September 2016Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionSTONEFIELD 3
27 September 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitJAMISON
23 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitBLUE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Solano County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Rockville: 3 producers, 2 unknowns. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Mercury. 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
VallejoMercuryProducer
Cordelia QuarryStoneProducer
Nelson Hill QuarryStoneProducer
QuarryStoneUnknown
QuarryStoneUnknown

Every working recorded in Solano County

Storms near this place

2 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rockville in 2 storm reports between 2011 and 2014: 1 tornado, 1 flash flood. 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
April 2011Tornado (EF0)Rockville$26,000At approximately 3:52 pm an EF0 tornado touched down less than a mile south of downtown Rockville in Solano County, near Rockville Road and Suisun Valley Road. The maximum wind speed of the tornado was estimated at 70 mph with a damage path of 200 yards. There were no injuries nor fatalities. The tornado caused roof damage to two small businesses and damaged several trees, fences, and signs.
September 2014Flash FloodRockville$5,000Rockville Rd. flooded, with erosion to the road and rocks from a wall on the road.

Every storm recorded in Solano 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
Willota0.8 miles34
Danielson1.0 miles34
Russell1.4 miles34
Thomasson2.0 miles34
Chadbourne2.0 miles34
Cordelia Junction2.1 miles35
Green Valley2.2 miles25
Suval2.4 miles34

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 RockvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7355621The 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 231757. 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.