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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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Sausalito within Marin County

Then and now

1895 to 1995

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Sausalito, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Sausalito, surveyed 1895

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

Population over time

2 figures

Sausalito 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.

YearPeople Change
20107,061
20207,269+208 (+3%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

19 surveys from 39 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

190 since 1992

Regional 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/undetermined79
Recreation and ceremony48
Smoking15
Equipment and vehicle use13
Arson/incendiarism8
Fireworks7
Natural6
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Debris and open burning3
Other causes2

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 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGolden Gate National Recreation AreaDOYLE5
8 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMarin County Fire Departmentnot named
7 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresMarin County Fire Departmentnot named
7 September 1992Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreGolden Gate National Recreation AreaLEACH
5 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGolden Gate National Recreation AreaALTA
3 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGolden Gate National Recreation AreaMEADOW
3 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGolden Gate National Recreation AreaBONITA
3 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder 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 12 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Angel Island DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Fort BakerGold, ManganeseOccurrence1914
Ft BakerStoneUnknown
Lime PointGemstoneOccurrence1935
Tiburon Ridge FlagstoneStone, Stone, DimensionOccurrence
Point BonitaStone, Crushed/BrokenProspect
Point Bonita Fort BarryStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Tiburon Ridge FlagstoneStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Marin Co.No.25ManganeseUnknown
Sausalito PointManganeseProducer

Every working recorded in Marin County

Storms near this place

11 since 2017

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
February 2019Debris FlowSausalito$10,000Landslide destroyed at least one home in Sausalito on Crescent Ave near Sausalito Blvd.
December 2019HailSausalito$500Heavy accumulation of small hail covered highway 101 resulting in a traffic collision.
March 2023Heavy RainSausalito$10CHP reported a large land slide blocking southbound lanes of US Highway 101 near the Waldo Grade.
January 2020Debris FlowSausalito-Mud/dirt/rocks reported on US-101 S and Marin City on ramp. Mud and dirt falling from right hand side.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindSausalito-Mesonet site (PG&E) near Sausalito recorded gusts at 70 mph.
January 2019Debris FlowSausalito-Mud slide shutdown SB 101 Waldo Grade.
February 2019Debris FlowSausalito-Mud slide on Us-101 S and Sausalito off ramp, location approx.
February 2019Debris FlowSausalito-SB US-101 at Spencer Ave off ramp slide is covering number 4 lane completely.
February 2019Debris FlowSausalito-Flooding at US-101 N at Rodeo Ave off ramp, 3-4 lanes need emergency road closure.
January 2018HailSausalito-BB sized hail.
February 2017Debris FlowSausalito-Mud slide blocking at least one lane US 101S near Robin Williams Tunnel south end.

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
Waldo1.3 miles39
Marin City1.4 miles39
Belvedere Island1.4 miles39
Belvedere1.4 miles39
Harbor Point1.8 miles41
Tiburon1.8 miles39
Hilarita1.9 miles39
Manzanita2.3 miles41

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 SausalitoAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q828729The 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.