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Rohnert Park, California

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Petaluma census division. It lies in ZIP code area 94928. It stands on Crane Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cotati quadrangle. 44,390 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 105 feet above sea level.

Rohnert Park within Sonoma County

Then and now

1916 to 1983

The same ground, surveyed 67 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Rohnert Park, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Rohnert Park, surveyed 1916

Population over time

2 figures

Rohnert Park grew from 40,971 to 44,390 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
201040,971
202044,390+3,419 (+8%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 24 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

373 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 373 fires within 5 miles of Rohnert Park between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,735 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 15 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/undetermined161
Equipment and vehicle use149
Arson/incendiarism15
Smoking13
Power generation/transmission/distribution12
Debris and open burning10
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Recreation and ceremony3
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
8 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
8 September 1992Equipment and vehicle use7.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitRUSSELL
5 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitPETALUMA
4 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitHWY 101 /W RAILROAD A 11
4 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa Unitnot named
4 September 2004Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitPETALUMA
30 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitGRANGE
30 September 2001Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitRYSKA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sonoma County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Rohnert Park: 6 producers, 2 past producers, 2 prospects, 1 unknown. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Quartz, Perlite. 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
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unnamed LocationQuartzProspect
Unnamed LocationPerliteProspect
Petaluma Hill RoadStone, Crushed/BrokenProducerSedimentary
Stony Point QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Zamaroni QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Meachim HillStoneProducer
Meachim HillStonePast Producer
Stony Point Quarry and MillStoneProducer
Zaney GravelsStoneProducer

Every working recorded in Sonoma 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
Cotati0.9 miles24
Wilfred2.0 miles24
Stony Point2.7 miles24
Washoe3.0 miles24
Woodworth3.2 miles17
Penngrove3.3 miles24
Roblar3.3 miles17
Liberty3.8 miles24

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 Rohnert ParkAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q986835The 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 1656263. 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.