Rolands, California
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Russian River-Sonoma Coast census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95446. It lies near Pasquini Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Guerneville quadrangle.
Then and now
1920 to 1997The same ground, surveyed 77 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in Rolands
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.
- Belden-Birkhofer Houselisted 2024 · 0.9 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 23 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.
- 1920 USGS Healdsburg quadrangle1:62500
- 1933 USGS Healdsburg quadrangle1:48000
- 1940 USGS Healdsburg quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1947 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Guerneville quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Healdsburg quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Healdsburg quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1993 USGS Guerneville quadrangle1:24000
- 1997 USGS Guerneville quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
406 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 406 fires within 5 miles of Rolands between 1992 and 2019, burning about 250 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 33 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 | 185 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 63 |
| Debris and open burning | 48 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 33 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 26 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 19 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 15 |
| Smoking | 11 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Other causes | 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 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | SUNSET |
| 8 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | VISTA |
| 8 September 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | ONE SIXTEEN |
| 8 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | NEIDEAU |
| 8 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | ARMSTRONG |
| 8 September 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | RIO NIDO#1 |
| 7 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | MARTINELLI RD / RIVER RD |
| 7 September 2007 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | RIVERSIDE DR GUERNEVIL 4 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 43 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 43 workings within 5 miles of Rolands: 17 unknowns, 16 occurrences, 6 producers, 4 past producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Mercury, Copper, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Altamont Copper Group | Mercury, Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Wall Tract | Copper, Mercury | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Unnamed Location | Magnesite | Unknown | ||
| Western Carbonic Acid Gas Co. | Magnesite | Unknown | ||
| Sonoma Chrome Inc | Chromium | Past Producer | ||
| Sonoma Chrome, Inc. Deposit | Chromium | Past Producer | Chromite | |
| Unnamed Location | Chromium | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Location | Chromium | Occurrence | ||
| Austin Creek Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| El Bonita | 0.2 miles | 23 | |
| Rio Nido | 0.7 miles | 23 | |
| Korbel | 0.9 miles | 23 | |
| Guerneville | 1.0 miles | 23 | |
| Santa Nella | 1.2 miles | 20 | |
| Noel Heights | 1.5 miles | 20 | |
| Odd Fellows Park | 1.9 miles | 23 | |
| Guernewood Park | 1.9 miles | 16 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122545966 | 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 1659540. 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.












