Sausalito, California
39 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1895 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Southeast Marin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 94965. It lies near Belvedere Island. The Survey maps it on the San Francisco North quadrangle. 7,269 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 10 feet above sea level.
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Then and now
1895 to 1995The same ground, surveyed 100 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in Sausalito
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 6 records
William G. Barrett Houselisted 1980
Forts Baker, Barry, and Cronkhitelisted 1973
Griswold Houselisted 1985
Marinship Machine Shoplisted 2016
Point Bonita Light Stationlisted 1991
Sausalito Woman's Clublisted 1993
Population over time
2 figuresSausalito grew from 7,061 to 7,269 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 | 7,061 | |
| 2020 | 7,269 | +208 (+3%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
19 surveys from 39 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.
- 1895 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:62500
- 1899 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:62500, 7 printings
- 1915 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1947 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000
- 1947 USGS San Francisco North quadrangle1:24000
- 1948 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS San Francisco North quadrangle1:24000
- 1955 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS San Francisco quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS San Francisco North quadrangle1:24000, 6 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 Francisco North quadrangle1:24000
- 1995 USGS San Francisco North quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
190 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 190 fires within 5 miles of Sausalito between 1992 and 2020, burning about 403 acres in total. 6 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/undetermined | 79 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 48 |
| Smoking | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Fireworks | 7 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Other causes | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Golden Gate National Recreation Area | DOYLE5 |
| 8 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Marin County Fire Department | not named |
| 7 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Marin County Fire Department | not named |
| 7 September 1992 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Golden Gate National Recreation Area | LEACH |
| 5 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Golden Gate National Recreation Area | ALTA |
| 3 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Golden Gate National Recreation Area | MEADOW |
| 3 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Golden Gate National Recreation Area | BONITA |
| 3 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 12 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Sausalito: 6 occurrences, 3 unknowns, 2 producers, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Manganese, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Gemstone, Gold, Manganese. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angel Island Dredge | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Fort Baker | Gold, Manganese | Occurrence | 1914 | |
| Ft Baker | Stone | Unknown | ||
| Lime Point | Gemstone | Occurrence | 1935 | |
| Tiburon Ridge Flagstone | Stone, Stone, Dimension | Occurrence | ||
| Point Bonita | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Prospect | ||
| Point Bonita Fort Barry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Tiburon Ridge Flagstone | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | ||
| Marin Co.No.25 | Manganese | Unknown | ||
| Sausalito Point | Manganese | Producer |
Storms near this place
11 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sausalito in 11 storm reports between 2017 and 2023: 7 debris flow, 2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2019 | Debris Flow | Sausalito | $10,000 | Landslide destroyed at least one home in Sausalito on Crescent Ave near Sausalito Blvd. |
| December 2019 | Hail | Sausalito | $500 | Heavy accumulation of small hail covered highway 101 resulting in a traffic collision. |
| March 2023 | Heavy Rain | Sausalito | $10 | CHP reported a large land slide blocking southbound lanes of US Highway 101 near the Waldo Grade. |
| January 2020 | Debris Flow | Sausalito | - | Mud/dirt/rocks reported on US-101 S and Marin City on ramp. Mud and dirt falling from right hand side. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sausalito | - | Mesonet site (PG&E) near Sausalito recorded gusts at 70 mph. |
| January 2019 | Debris Flow | Sausalito | - | Mud slide shutdown SB 101 Waldo Grade. |
| February 2019 | Debris Flow | Sausalito | - | Mud slide on Us-101 S and Sausalito off ramp, location approx. |
| February 2019 | Debris Flow | Sausalito | - | SB US-101 at Spencer Ave off ramp slide is covering number 4 lane completely. |
| February 2019 | Debris Flow | Sausalito | - | Flooding at US-101 N at Rodeo Ave off ramp, 3-4 lanes need emergency road closure. |
| January 2018 | Hail | Sausalito | - | BB sized hail. |
| February 2017 | Debris Flow | Sausalito | - | Mud slide blocking at least one lane US 101S near Robin Williams Tunnel south end. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Waldo | 1.3 miles | 39 | |
| Marin City | 1.4 miles | 39 | |
| Belvedere Island | 1.4 miles | 39 | |
| Belvedere | 1.4 miles | 39 | |
| Harbor Point | 1.8 miles | 41 | |
| Tiburon | 1.8 miles | 39 | |
| Hilarita | 1.9 miles | 39 | |
| Manzanita | 2.3 miles | 41 |
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 Sausalito | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q828729 | 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 277597. 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.


















