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South Santa Rosa, California

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Santa Rosa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95407. The Survey maps it on the Santa Rosa quadrangle.

South Santa Rosa within Sonoma County

Then and now

1916 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 78 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of South Santa Rosa, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of South Santa Rosa, surveyed 1916

Compare 1916 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 23 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

455 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 455 fires within 5 miles of South Santa Rosa between 1992 and 2020, burning about 460 acres in total. None started naturally. 40 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/undetermined239
Equipment and vehicle use71
Smoking64
Arson/incendiarism40
Misuse of fire by a minor20
Debris and open burning10
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Recreation and ceremony4

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 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
8 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
8 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
8 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
8 September 1992Equipment and vehicle use7.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitRUSSELL
7 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
6 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
6 September 2005Arson/incendiarism3.1 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sonoma County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of South Santa Rosa: 5 past producers, 4 producers, 2 unknowns, 1 prospect. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Perlite. 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
Unnamed LocationPerliteProspect
Z and G Quarry and MillStone, DimensionUnknown
Petaluma Hill RoadStone, Crushed/BrokenProducerSedimentary
Zamaroni QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Onsrud Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Onsrud Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Spaletta Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
O ConnorStoneProducer
O ConnorStonePast Producer

Every working 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
Bellevue0.8 miles23
Roseland1.2 miles23
McCauley (historical)2.4 miles20
Santa Rosa2.5 miles23
Wilfred2.7 miles24
Montgomery Village3.4 miles23
Riccas Corner3.5 miles20
Monroe3.5 miles20

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 Q122589106The 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 1867059. 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.