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Stewarts Point, California

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Russian River-Sonoma Coast census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95450. It stands on Stewarts Creek. The Survey maps it on the Stewarts Point quadrangle. It stands 108 feet above sea level.

Stewarts Point within Sonoma County

Then and now

1921 to 1981

The same ground, surveyed 60 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Stewarts Point, surveyed 1981
Topographic sheet of Stewarts Point, surveyed 1921

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 17 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

80 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 80 fires within 5 miles of Stewarts Point between 1992 and 2020, burning about 292 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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/undetermined28
Equipment and vehicle use26
Debris and open burning14
Arson/incendiarism3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking1

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 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitKASHAYA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
8 September 2002Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitHWY 1
7 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionSORCERER WOOD THE_SEA_R
4 September 2009Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitSON 1 45.058 THE_SEA_RANC
3 September 1998Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreNorthern California DistrictRICHARDSON
24 September 2015Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitSTEWARTS
21 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitSTEWART
21 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitRANCH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sonoma County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Stewarts Point: 2 producers, 1 prospect, 1 past producer, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Manganese, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Gualala BarSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Dillon and SeefeldtManganeseProspect
Dillon and Seefeldt DepositManganeseProducer
Dillon and Seefeldt ManganeseManganesePast Producer
Wallace ProspectManganeseOccurrence1918

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
Valley Crossing3.4 miles17
Annapolis5.1 miles18
Sea Ranch5.3 miles17
Walsh Landing8.5 miles18
Seaview11.7 miles18
Fort Ross12.6 miles18
Las Lomas14.1 miles14
Toners Place14.4 miles18

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.

Wikipedia article on Stewarts PointAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7616012The 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 252807. 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.