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Sheridan, California

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Russian River-Sonoma Coast census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95465. It lies in Sheridan Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Duncans Mills quadrangle.

Sheridan within Sonoma County

Then and now

1943 to 1982

The same ground, surveyed 39 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Sheridan, surveyed 1982
Topographic sheet of Sheridan, surveyed 1943

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 16 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

326 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 326 fires within 5 miles of Sheridan between 1992 and 2019, burning about 178 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 20 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/undetermined142
Equipment and vehicle use48
Debris and open burning45
Recreation and ceremony30
Arson/incendiarism20
Power generation/transmission/distribution13
Misuse of fire by a minor12
Smoking11
Natural4
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
8 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionVISTA
8 September 2014Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitONE SIXTEEN
8 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitNEIDEAU
8 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitARMSTRONG
8 September 1995Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitRIO NIDO#1
7 September 2007Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitRIVERSIDE DR GUERNEVIL 4
6 September 2007Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitARMSTRONG, CDF TAC 6 2
6 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitSIRI

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sonoma County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Sheridan: 8 unknowns, 5 occurrences, 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Chromium, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Copper. 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
Altamont Copper GroupMercury, CopperOccurrence
AltamontCopperOccurrence
AltamontCopper, MercuryUnknown
Austin Creek PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Burl Howell QuarryStoneUnknown
Clar QuarryStoneUnknown
Meeker Ocher DepositStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Unnamed LocationMercuryOccurrence
Bohan & CanelisSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Raineys Ready-MixSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Sonoma County

Storms near this place

3 since 2019

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sheridan in 3 storm reports between 2019 and 2023: 2 flood, 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
March 2023Heavy RainSheridan$10CHP reported a mud slide moving debris on California Highway 116.
February 2019FloodSheridan-Vehicle stuck in flooded road at Cazadero Hwy and Magic Mountain Rd, water coming into the vehicle.
February 2019FloodSheridan-CHP reports roadway flooding at Hwy 116 and Austin Creek Rd.

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
Villa Grande0.8 miles16
Duncans Mills1.3 miles16
Monte Rio1.4 miles16
Montesano1.8 miles16
Northwood2.0 miles16
Vacation Beach2.1 miles16
Northwood Heights2.2 miles20
Northwood Lodge2.2 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1656291. 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.