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Rutherford, California

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the St. Helena census division. It lies in ZIP code area 94573. It stands on Bale Slough. The Survey maps it on the Rutherford quadrangle. 115 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 174 feet above sea level.

Rutherford within Napa County

Then and now

1902 to 1983

The same ground, surveyed 81 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Rutherford, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Rutherford, surveyed 1902

On record in Rutherford

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 1 record

Population over time

2 figures

Rutherford fell from 164 to 115 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
2010164
2020115-49 (-30%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 25 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

179 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 179 fires within 5 miles of Rutherford between 1992 and 2020, burning about 57,608 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 8 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/undetermined82
Equipment and vehicle use56
Debris and open burning19
Arson/incendiarism8
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Smoking4
Recreation and ceremony2
Natural2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
6 September 1995Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitPG+E
5 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitSMOKEY OAK
3 September 1995Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitBIEDERBECK
28 September 1998Smokingunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitWILSON
28 September 1993Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitWHITEHALL
25 September 2010Equipment and vehicle use29 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitCONN
25 September 2000Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitSILVERADO
23 September 2004Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitARNOLD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Napa County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 32 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 32 workings within 5 miles of Rutherford: 13 occurrences, 7 producers, 6 prospects, 4 past producers. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Mercury, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Manganese, 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
Diatomite OccurrenceDiatomitePast Producer
McLaughlin MineSilver, Gold, Mercury, Antimony, Arsenic, Titanium, Metal, Tungsten, Boron-BoratesProducer1978, 1985
Napa Valley StoneStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Search GroupCopperProspect
Sullinger ClaimChromiumProspect
Unnamed LocationStoneOccurrence
Unnamed LocationIronUnknown
Annadel FarmPerliteProducer
UnknownPerliteOccurrence
Unnamed LocationPerliteOccurrence

Every working recorded in Napa County

Storms near this place

5 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rutherford in 5 storm reports between 2012 and 2016: 3 heavy rain, 1 flood, 1 debris flow. 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
October 2016Debris FlowRutherford-Heavy rain causes a debris/rock flow along SR 128 (Sage Canyon Road) near Saint Helena. both lanes on SR 128 covered by debris and rocks.
February 2015FloodRutherford-Roadway flooding reported on highway 128.
September 2014Heavy RainRutherford-Rainfall accumulated in only 20 minutes. Lightning and thunder reported by observer.
November 2012Heavy RainRutherford-Observations at Conn Dam measured heavy rainfall. Minor urban and small stream flooding was observed across Napa County due to the heavy rainfall.
November 2012Heavy RainRutherford-Heavy rainfall measured at Conn Dam. Minor flooding of urban areas and small streams was observed across Napa County during this event.

Every storm recorded in Napa 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
Oakville1.8 miles25
Zinfandel2.0 miles25
Thoman2.7 miles25
Saint Helena4.1 miles21
Caymus (historical)4.8 miles25
Yountville5.1 miles25
Krug5.2 miles21
Enchanted Hills5.2 miles25

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 RutherfordAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3111096The 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 1659563. 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.