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Stanley, California

29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Napa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 94558. It lies near Home Hill. The Survey maps it on the Cuttings Wharf quadrangle. It stands 20 feet above sea level.

Stanley within Napa 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 Stanley, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Stanley, surveyed 1902

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 29 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

406 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 406 fires within 5 miles of Stanley between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,887 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 19 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/undetermined219
Equipment and vehicle use107
Smoking22
Debris and open burning20
Arson/incendiarism19
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Recreation and ceremony3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Natural1

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 1998Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitEUCALYTUS
8 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
7 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa Unitnot named
7 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitTHOMPSON AV NAPA
7 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitTHOMPSON AV NAPA 2
6 September 2012Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitAIRPORT
6 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitISLAND
5 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Napa 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 Stanley: 9 producers, 3 past producers, 3 occurrences, 1 prospect. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Pumice, Salt. 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
East Mayacmas District ReportMercury, Chromium, Manganese, CopperProducer1850, 1864
Juarez QuarryStone, DimensionProducer
Napa EvaporatorsSaltProducer
Pumice DepositPumiceOccurrence
Pumice DepositPumiceProspect
Basalt Rock Company, Inc.Stone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Juarez QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Napa QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Napa QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Napa River PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Napa 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
Suscol0.5 miles29
Thompson0.8 miles29
Ratto Landing0.9 miles29
Rocktram1.1 miles25
Carneros (historical)1.4 miles29
Cuttings Wharf1.5 miles29
Shipyard Acres1.6 miles25
Imola2.4 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.

Wikidata item Q7599392The 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 1656330. 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.