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Salvador, California

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Napa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 94558. The Survey maps it on the Napa quadrangle. It stands 82 feet above sea level.

Salvador 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 Salvador, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Salvador, surveyed 1902

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

554 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 554 fires within 5 miles of Salvador between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,134 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 28 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/undetermined296
Equipment and vehicle use121
Debris and open burning35
Smoking28
Arson/incendiarism28
Misuse of fire by a minor18
Power generation/transmission/distribution18
Natural5
Recreation and ceremony4
Other causes1

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 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitVETS HOME YOUNTVILLE
8 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
8 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitPINE
8 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitHENSLEY
8 September 1993Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitHOFFMAN
7 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa Unitnot named
7 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitTHOMPSON AV NAPA
7 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitTHOMPSON AV NAPA 2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Napa County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 21 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Salvador: 9 producers, 8 occurrences, 2 prospects, 1 past producer. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Pumice, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Diatomite, Stone, Dimension. 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
Jacksons SpringsGeothermalUnknown
Juarez QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Unnamed LocationStoneOccurrence
Basalt Rock CoClayProducer
Basalt Rock CoStone, DimensionProducer
Basalt Rock CoClayProducer
Juarez QuarryStone, DimensionProducer
Basalt Rock CoDiatomiteProducerSedimentary
Basalt Rock Co.DiatomiteOccurrenceSedimentary
Basalt Rock Co. Quarry, PossiblyDiatomiteProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Napa County

Storms near this place

12 since 2017

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Salvador in 12 storm reports between 2017 and 2026: 6 debris flow, 5 flood, 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
February 2025FloodSalvador$10The southbound lane of Big Ranch Road at Oak Knoll Avenue was washed out, with the northbound lane flooded.
January 2026FloodSalvador-A mudslide was reported on the 5000 block of Monticello Road (California Route 121).
December 2025FloodSalvador-Two large boulders blocked the northbound lane on California Highway 121 near Wild Horse Valley Road.
January 2019Debris FlowSalvador-Slide blocking EB lane and partially WB lane of SR 128 near Markley Cove.
January 2019Debris FlowSalvador-Mudslide partially blocking EB lane of SR 128 and Wragg Canyon Road.
February 2019Debris FlowSalvador-Debris flow blocking almost entire roadway Sr-128 at Steele Canyon Rd.
February 2019Debris FlowSalvador-Mud slide in SB lane of SR 121 and Wooden Valley Rd.
February 2019Debris FlowSalvador-Five miles of debris in either direction at SR 121 and Wooden Valley Rd.
January 2017FloodSalvador-Big Ranch Road completely under water at Salvador Ave.
February 2017Debris FlowSalvador-Rocks blocking roadway Atlas Peak Rd near Westgate Dr.
February 2017Flash FloodSalvador-Milliken Creek at Atlas Peak Rd gauge above flood stage.
February 2017FloodSalvador-Up to 1.5 feet of standing water on north side AKA WB side of the road 2200 Oak Knoll Ave.

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
Oak Knoll1.4 miles25
Union1.5 miles25
Vichy Springs3.2 miles25
Napa3.5 miles25
Napa Abajo3.8 miles25
Napa Soda Springs4.1 miles25
Yountville4.7 miles25
Imola4.8 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.

Wikidata item Q7406358The 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 1659574. 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.