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Schellville, California

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Sonoma census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95476. It stands on Arroyo Seco. The Survey maps it on the Sears Point quadrangle. It stands 13 feet above sea level.

Schellville within Sonoma County

Then and now

1902 to 1983

The same ground, surveyed 81 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Schellville, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Schellville, surveyed 1902

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 25 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

216 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 216 fires within 5 miles of Schellville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 447 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 13 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
Equipment and vehicle use86
Missing data/not specified/undetermined83
Debris and open burning14
Arson/incendiarism13
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Natural3
Smoking1
Recreation and ceremony1
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 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa Unitnot named
9 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
7 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitBARCELONA
7 September 2001Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitARNOLD
6 September 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa Unitnot named
5 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.1 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionGROVE
30 September 2010Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
30 September 1995Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitPAGH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sonoma County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 24 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 24 workings within 5 miles of Schellville: 13 past producers, 8 producers, 1 prospect, 1 occurrence. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Geothermal. 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
Stage Gulch Quarry , Inc.Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed LocationGeothermalOccurrence
Cannon QuarryStoneProducer
Cannon QuarryStonePast Producer
Fairville QuarryStoneProducer
QuarryStoneProducer
QuarryStonePast Producer
QuarryStoneUnknown
Sonoma Rock QuarryStoneProducer
Bianchini BarSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Sonoma County

Storms near this place

18 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Schellville in 18 storm reports between 2006 and 2026: 14 flood, 2 flash flood, 1 heavy rain, 1 debris flow. 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
January 2010FloodSchellville$10,000Heavy rain led to flooding of Sonoma Creek along State Route 121 near Schellville. Numerous roads were blocked throughout the region because of standing water. Daywalt, Green Valley, Mark West Station, Todd, Portal, Piner and Valley Ford-Freestone Roads were among the areas closed roads due to flooding. The heavy rains also infiltrated the sewer pipes in five places in Boyes Hot Springs and in Sonoma causing overflows into streets and creeks.
January 2026FloodSchellville-A delivery van went through a closed road and got stuck in floodwaters on northbound California Highway 121 at California Highway 12.
January 2026FloodSchellville-Five to six inches of water were reported on California Highway 12 near California Highway 121.
January 2019FloodSchellville-Road closure at SR 12 and Broadway due to flood.
January 2019FloodSchellville-The road is flooded.
January 2019Flash FloodSchellville-SR 121 is closed from Eighth Street to SR 116 due to flooding.
January 2019Heavy RainSchellville-A fatal car crash occurred during heavy rain on Highway 121 near Napa Road https://www.pressdemocrat.com/news/9179304-181/fatal-sonoma-crash-in-heavy.
February 2019Debris FlowSchellville-Mudslide on roadway Napa Rd and SR 121, water flowing over roadway.
February 2019FloodSchellville-SR 121 at Schellville Fire is closed.
February 2019FloodSchellville-Flooding, possible levee breach.
February 2019FloodSchellville-Flooding between Schellville Rd and Hwy 121/12, 8th St E is now closed.
February 2019FloodSchellville-CHP reports a severe traffic alert and flooding on CA-121 from Fremont Dr to 8th St east in Sonoma County, all lanes closed in both directions.
February 2017FloodSchellville-Water covering road hwy 121 and 12.
December 2014FloodSchellville-Intersection of Highways 12 and 121 closed due to flooding.
December 2014FloodSchellville-CA-121 flooded at Schellville due to Schell Creek.
February 2014FloodSchellville-Flooding closed State Route 121 at Highway 12 near Sonoma.
March 2011FloodSchellville-State Route 121 was closed from the Junction of State Route 12 to Eighth Street in Schellville due to flooding. There is no information when the roadway reopened.
March 2006Flash FloodSchellville-no account filed

Every storm 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
Embarcadero0.7 miles25
Shellville Colony1.2 miles25
Big Bend1.4 miles25
Vineburg1.8 miles23
Bonilla2.2 miles23
Four Corners2.3 miles23
Batto2.6 miles23
Wingo2.6 miles25

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 SchellvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7431113The 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 252789. 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.