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Stony Point, California

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Petaluma census division. It lies in ZIP code area 94952. The Survey maps it on the Cotati quadrangle.

Stony Point within Sonoma County

Then and now

1916 to 1983

The same ground, surveyed 67 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Stony Point, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Stony Point, surveyed 1916

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 24 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

384 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 384 fires within 5 miles of Stony Point between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,576 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 12 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
Equipment and vehicle use163
Missing data/not specified/undetermined162
Debris and open burning14
Arson/incendiarism12
Misuse of fire by a minor11
Power generation/transmission/distribution11
Smoking9
Other causes1
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 2014Other causesunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitBODEGA
7 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa Unitnot named
7 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa Unit101
6 September 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitGREEN MILL
5 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitPETALUMA
4 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitHWY 101 /W RAILROAD A 11
30 September 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionPEPPER
30 September 2001Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitRYSKA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sonoma County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Stony Point: 5 producers, 2 past producers, 1 unknown, 1 prospect. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Stone, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Quartz. 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
Afsten Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Stony Point QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed LocationQuartzProspect
Meachim HillStoneProducer
Meachim HillStonePast Producer
Stony Point Quarry and MillStoneProducer
Unnamed LocationGoldProducer
Unnamed LocationGoldPast Producer
Unnamed ProspectGoldUnknown

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
Washoe0.3 miles24
Roblar1.5 miles17
Cotati1.8 miles24
Cherry (historical)1.9 miles24
Woodworth2.0 miles17
Liberty2.5 miles24
Rohnert Park2.7 miles24
Orchard2.7 miles17

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 Stony PointAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7972618The 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 1656335. 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.