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Shiloh, California

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Santa Rosa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95492. The Survey maps it on the Healdsburg quadrangle.

Shiloh within Sonoma County

Then and now

1920 to 1993

The same ground, surveyed 73 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Shiloh, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Shiloh, surveyed 1920

On record in Shiloh

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.

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 22 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

299 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 299 fires within 5 miles of Shiloh between 1992 and 2020, burning about 303 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 15 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/undetermined151
Equipment and vehicle use70
Smoking21
Debris and open burning20
Arson/incendiarism15
Misuse of fire by a minor14
Natural3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Recreation and ceremony2
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 1996Smokingunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitCHALK
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined40 acresSonoma-Lake Napa Unitnot named
7 September 2000Smokingunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitNEWMAN
7 September 1992Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitEASTSIDE
7 September 1992Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitLOCH HAVEN
6 September 2005Arson/incendiarism3.1 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
6 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
6 September 2001Equipment and vehicle use8.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa Unit101

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sonoma County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 23 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 23 workings within 5 miles of Shiloh: 11 producers, 5 unknowns, 3 occurrences, 3 past producers. 11 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Manganese, Stone, Diatomite. 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
DreamlandMercuryProducer
Unnamed ProspectGoldOccurrence
Brooks QuarryStoneProducer
Goodman Bros. DepositDiatomiteProducerSedimentary
Goodman Bros. DepositDiatomitePast Producer
Unnamed LocationStoneOccurrence
Dreamland MineManganeseProducer
Dreamland MineManganesePast Producer1918
White-O-Ranch ProspectManganeseOccurrence1942
Absco Paving Co.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Sonoma County

Storms near this place

2 since 2017

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Shiloh in 2 storm reports between 2017 and 2019: 2 flood. 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 2019FloodShiloh-Roadway flooding, vehicles getting stuck in water at intersection of Sklyine Blvd and Aviation Blvd.
January 2017FloodShiloh-Shiloh flooded at 101 N. Northbound on ramp from central Windsor closed.

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
East Windsor1.5 miles22
Windsor2.0 miles22
Fulton2.3 miles20
Wikiup2.5 miles22
Woolsey3.0 miles20
Larkfield3.0 miles23
Wilson Grove3.2 miles22
Trenton4.0 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1659643. 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.