Stonyford, California
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the West Colusa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95979. It stands on Salt Creek. The Survey maps it on the Stonyford quadrangle. 133 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,184 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1951 to 1996The same ground, surveyed 45 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1951 against another survey:
Population over time
2 figuresStonyford fell from 149 to 133 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 149 | |
| 2020 | 133 | -16 (-11%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 13 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.
- 1951 USGS Stonyford quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Ukiah quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Ukiah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1968 USGS Stonyford quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1994 USGS Lakeport quadrangle1:100000
- 1996 USGS Stonyford quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
60 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 60 fires within 5 miles of Stonyford between 1992 and 2019, burning about 25,642 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 4 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 | 25 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 15 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Northern California District | PATRICIA |
| 3 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Northern California District | 41 |
| 3 September 2003 | Natural | 400 acres | Northern California District | 42 |
| 3 September 2003 | Natural | under an acre | Mendocino National Forest | DIAMOND |
| 3 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | MORALES |
| 3 September 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | 41 acres | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | SITES |
| 3 September 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Tehama-Glenn Unit | ROADSIDE |
| 26 September 2015 | Other causes | under an acre | Tehama-Glenn Unit | 303 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 34 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 34 workings within 5 miles of Stonyford: 10 occurrences, 10 prospects, 5 producers, 5 past producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Manganese, Copper, Chromium, Marble, Dimension. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daniels | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Salt Spring No.2 | Geothermal | Unknown | ||
| Brown | Marble, Dimension | Occurrence | Metamorphic | |
| Brown | Marble, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Daniels | Marble, Dimension | Occurrence | Metamorphic | |
| Chrome Wonder Deposit | Chromium | Occurrence | Chromite | |
| Liberty Chrome Mine | Chromium | Occurrence | Chromite | |
| Svastika | Chromium | Producer | ||
| Svastika | Chromium | Prospect | ||
| Swastika | Chromium | Occurrence | Chromite |
Storms near this place
3 since 2021Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Stonyford in 3 storm reports between 2021 and 2025: 2 heavy rain, 1 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2023 | Flood | Stonyford | $1,000,000 | Colusa County completed a preliminary estimate of damage to roads, road closures, debris removal, and high river levels of about $800,000 in damage. The Colusa Boat Landing had some damages to the private levee, with an estimate of about $200,000. |
| September 2025 | Heavy Rain | Stonyford | - | Stonyford RAWS measured 3.08 inches of heavy rain in 5 hours near a strong thunderstorm. |
| October 2021 | Heavy Rain | Stonyford | - | Heavy rain was reported in Colusa County. Reported storm totals reached 4.56 to 6.48 inches. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lodoga | 5.8 miles | 12 | |
| Devils Elbow | 6.4 miles | 12 | |
| Fouts Springs | 6.6 miles | 13 | |
| Bonnie View | 7.5 miles | 12 | |
| Sites | 11.8 miles | 18 | |
| Leesville | 14.3 miles | 14 | |
| Mills Orchards | 15.8 miles | 18 | |
| Delevan | 18.8 miles | 15 |
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 Stonyford | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6646501 | 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 1659881. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.





