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Santa Nella, California

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1995. 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 Camp Meeker quadrangle.

Santa Nella within Sonoma County

Then and now

1935 to 1995

The same ground, surveyed 60 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Santa Nella, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Santa Nella, surveyed 1935

Compare 1935 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 20 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

429 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 429 fires within 5 miles of Santa Nella between 1992 and 2020, burning about 266 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 35 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/undetermined193
Equipment and vehicle use69
Debris and open burning51
Arson/incendiarism35
Recreation and ceremony25
Misuse of fire by a minor23
Power generation/transmission/distribution15
Smoking12
Natural5
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 UnitSUNSET
8 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionVISTA
8 September 2014Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitONE SIXTEEN
8 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitARMSTRONG
8 September 1995Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitRIO NIDO#1
7 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionMARTINELLI RD / RIVER RD
7 September 2007Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitRIVERSIDE DR GUERNEVIL 4
7 September 2007Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitSWEETWATER SPRINGS RD / M

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sonoma County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 47 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 47 workings within 5 miles of Santa Nella: 19 occurrences, 17 unknowns, 7 producers, 4 past producers. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Mercury, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Chromium. 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
Altamont Copper GroupMercury, CopperOccurrence
Blue Rock Pit and MillStone, DimensionUnknown
Rowan DepositManganeseOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectIronOccurrence
Wall TractCopper, MercuryOccurrenceVein
Burl Howell QuarryStoneUnknown
Canyon Rock Pit and MillStoneProducer
Clar QuarryStoneUnknown
Guerneville Mine & MillStoneProducer
Huntington Bros. General ContractrsStoneUnknown

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
Noel Heights0.3 miles20
Korbel0.7 miles23
Odd Fellows Park1.1 miles23
Rolands1.2 miles23
Highcroft1.3 miles23
El Bonita1.4 miles23
Summerhome Park1.4 miles20
Hilton1.5 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 232555. 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.