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.
Then and now
1897 to 1995The 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.


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.
Marin County Civic CenterNational Historic Landmark · listed 1991 · 0.4 miles away
Population over time
2 figuresSanta 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 4,292 | |
| 2020 | 4,289 | -3 (-0%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
17 surveys from 41 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.
- 1897 USGS Tamalpais quadrangle1:62500, 12 printings
- 1941 USGS Tamalpais quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Mt. Tamalpais quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS San Rafael quadrangle1:24000, 7 printings
- 1955 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000
- 1993 USGS San Rafael quadrangle1:24000
- 1995 USGS San Rafael quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
142 since 2005Regional 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/undetermined | 90 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 23 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 9 |
| Smoking | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 26 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 3 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Marin County Fire Department | not named |
| 3 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 29 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Marin County Fire Department | not named |
| 26 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 24 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Marin County Fire Department | not named |
| 21 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Marin County Fire Department | not named |
| 21 September 2008 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 22 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Copperopolis Mine | Asbestos | Producer | Chrysotile | |
| Hotaling | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Dimension | Unknown | ||
| Mount Tamalpais Cemetery Quarry | Stone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | ||
| Greenbrae | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Highway 20 Site | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Location | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Escalle Quarry | Stone | Unknown | ||
| Forbes Quarry | Stone | Unknown | ||
| Hotaling | Stone | Occurrence | ||
| L P Mcnear Brick Co | Clay | Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 2009Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2009 | Flood | Santa Venetia | $100,000 | Heavy 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 2024 | Heavy Rain | Santa Venetia | - | The San Rafael COOP station recorded a new daily record rainfall of 3.57 inches for November 22. |
| February 2019 | Debris Flow | Santa Venetia | - | Mud slide blocking 2 lanes near San Pedro Rd. |
| February 2019 | Debris Flow | Santa Venetia | - | Mud slide with rocks at US 101 N and N San Pedro Rd. |
| November 2019 | Flood | Santa Venetia | - | Vehicles hydroplaning in number 3 and 4 lines on Hwy 101. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cerro | 0.6 miles | 41 | |
| Golf (historical) | 0.6 miles | 24 | |
| Forbes (historical) | 0.7 miles | 24 | |
| Los Ranchitos | 1.0 miles | 41 | |
| Terra Lindo | 1.3 miles | 24 | |
| Terra Linda | 1.3 miles | 24 | |
| Gallinas | 1.5 miles | 24 | |
| Las Gallinas | 1.7 miles | 24 |
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 Venetia | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2665797 | 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 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.
















