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Santa Venetia, California

41 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the San Rafael census division. It lies in ZIP code area 94903. It lies near Childrens Island. The Survey maps it on the San Rafael quadrangle. 4,289 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 56 feet above sea level.

Santa Venetia within Marin County

Then and now

1897 to 1995

The same ground, surveyed 98 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 Venetia, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Santa Venetia, surveyed 1897

On record in Santa Venetia

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.

Population over time

2 figures

Santa Venetia fell from 4,292 to 4,289 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
20104,292
20204,289-3 (-0%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

17 surveys from 41 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

142 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 142 fires within 5 miles of Santa Venetia between 2005 and 2020, burning about 155 acres in total. None started naturally. 10 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/undetermined90
Equipment and vehicle use23
Arson/incendiarism10
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Smoking8
Debris and open burning1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
30 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined26 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
3 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMarin County Fire Departmentnot named
3 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
29 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMarin County Fire Departmentnot named
26 September 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
24 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMarin County Fire Departmentnot named
21 September 2010Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMarin County Fire Departmentnot named
21 September 2008Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marin County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 22 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Santa Venetia: 7 occurrences, 6 producers, 5 unknowns, 4 past producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Copperopolis MineAsbestosProducerChrysotile
HotalingStone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, DimensionUnknown
Mount Tamalpais Cemetery QuarryStone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
GreenbraeSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Highway 20 SiteSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed LocationSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Escalle QuarryStoneUnknown
Forbes QuarryStoneUnknown
HotalingStoneOccurrence
L P Mcnear Brick CoClayProducer

Every working recorded in Marin County

Storms near this place

5 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Santa Venetia in 5 storm reports between 2009 and 2024: 2 flood, 2 debris flow, 1 heavy rain. 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 2009FloodSanta Venetia$100,000Heavy rain and overwhelmed storm drains led to a couple of flooded businesses in San Anselmo along Greenfield Avenue. Over 6 inches of rain fell within a 12 hour period. Kentfield shattered the 24 hour rainfall record for October 13 reporting 6.14 inches. Also, the morning commute was bogged down due to flooding along Highway 101 near Lucky Drive and Tamalpais Drive in Corte Madera, and at the junction of Highway 1 in Marin City.
November 2024Heavy RainSanta Venetia-The San Rafael COOP station recorded a new daily record rainfall of 3.57 inches for November 22.
February 2019Debris FlowSanta Venetia-Mud slide blocking 2 lanes near San Pedro Rd.
February 2019Debris FlowSanta Venetia-Mud slide with rocks at US 101 N and N San Pedro Rd.
November 2019FloodSanta Venetia-Vehicles hydroplaning in number 3 and 4 lines on Hwy 101.

Every storm recorded in Marin 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
Cerro0.6 miles41
Golf (historical)0.6 miles24
Forbes (historical)0.7 miles24
Los Ranchitos1.0 miles41
Terra Lindo1.3 miles24
Terra Linda1.3 miles24
Gallinas1.5 miles24
Las Gallinas1.7 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 Santa VenetiaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2665797The 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 1659603. 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.