Sonora Hills, California
27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the East Sonora-Phoenix Lake census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95370. It stands on Sonora Creek. The Survey maps it on the Standard quadrangle.
Then and now
1893 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 101 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in Sonora Hills
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 3 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Sonora Youth Centerlisted 2009 · 0.6 miles away
Sugg Houselisted 1984 · 1.0 miles away
City Hotellisted 1983 · 1.0 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 27 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.
- 1893 USGS Sonora quadrangle1:125000
- 1896 USGS Sonora quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS Sonora quadrangle1:125000, 8 printings
- 1898 USGS Sonora quadrangle1:125000
- 1947 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Sonora quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Standard quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1949 USGS Standard quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1966 USGS San Jose quadrangle1:250000
- 1994 USGS Oakdale quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
1,001 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,001 fires within 5 miles of Sonora Hills between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,234 acres in total. 17 started naturally. 60 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 | 395 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 222 |
| Debris and open burning | 171 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 72 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 60 |
| Smoking | 30 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 22 |
| Natural | 17 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 1 |
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 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | MONO |
| 9 September 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Central California District | ENOS |
| 9 September 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | LIGHTNING#21 |
| 9 September 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | LIGHTNING#37 |
| 9 September 1999 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Central California District | LIGHTING 24 |
| 9 September 1996 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | COX |
| 8 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.8 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | CAMPBELL |
| 8 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Tuolumne-Calaveras Unit | RAWHIDE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 286 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 286 workings within 5 miles of Sonora Hills: 110 unknowns, 63 past producers, 56 occurrences, 43 producers. 44 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Limestone, Dimension, Gold, Silver. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B Brown We Finch Ad Hunter | Talc-Soapstone | Occurrence | ||
| Bell Columbia Marble Quarry | Marble, Dimension | Producer | Metamorphic | |
| Black Oak Group | Gold, Zinc, Lead, Iron | Past Producer | Galena, Gold, Marcasite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite | |
| Golden Star | Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Hitchcock | Gold, Copper, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Reported Occurence | Slate, Dimension | Occurrence | ||
| Reported Occurence | Beryllium | Occurrence | ||
| Seminole Group | Gold, Lead | Past Producer | Galena, Gold, Pyrite | |
| Sonora | Silver, Gold | Producer | ||
| Sonora Plant | Magnesite | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Sonora | 0.3 miles | 27 | |
| Greenley Oaks | 0.6 miles | 27 | |
| Quail Hollow | 1.0 miles | 27 | |
| Sonora | 1.0 miles | 28 | |
| Quail Ridge Ranch | 1.3 miles | 27 | |
| Sonora Knolls | 1.5 miles | 28 | |
| Cuesta Oaks | 2.0 miles | 37 | |
| Scenic Brook | 2.0 miles | 27 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122560225 | 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 1785624. 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.











