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Sunol, California

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Livermore-Pleasanton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 94586. It stands on Sinbad Creek. The Survey maps it on the Niles quadrangle. 922 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 266 feet above sea level.

Sunol within Alameda County

Then and now

1906 to 1989

The same ground, surveyed 83 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Sunol, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of Sunol, surveyed 1906

On record in Sunol

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 2 records

Population over time

2 figures

Sunol grew from 913 to 922 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.

YearPeople Change
2010913
2020922+9 (+1%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 26 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

312 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 312 fires within 5 miles of Sunol between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,166 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 21 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/undetermined182
Equipment and vehicle use76
Arson/incendiarism21
Smoking11
Recreation and ceremony7
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Natural3
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Debris and open burning2

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 2014Smokingunder an acreSanta Clara UnitPLEASANTON SUNOL RD / VER
9 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSanta Clara Unit84
9 September 2002Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSanta Clara UnitPG&E #5
8 September 2002Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSanta Clara UnitTHE BOAT
8 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSanta Clara UnitBMW
7 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresSanta Clara UnitLOVELAND
6 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined7.1 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionSHERIDAN
6 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSanta Clara UnitPG&E #3

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Alameda County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 38 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 38 workings within 5 miles of Sunol: 15 producers, 13 past producers, 10 occurrences. 15 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Manganese, Clay. 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
Mission Lime Marl DepositCalciumPast Producer
UnknownStoneOccurrenceGravel
Unnamed LocationStoneOccurrence
Mission Lime Marl DepositLimestone, GeneralProducerSedimentary
Pleasanton DepositLimestone, GeneralPast Producer
Pleasonton DepositLimestone, GeneralProducerSedimentary
BartlettManganesePast Producer
Homestead DepositManganeseOccurrence
Interlocking Rood Tile Co.ClayPast Producer
Isler MountainManganeseOccurrence

Every working recorded in Alameda County

Storms near this place

5 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sunol in 5 storm reports between 1998 and 2019: 3 flood, 2 flash 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
February 2019FloodSunol-Northbound 680 at SR 84 number 1-2 lanes flooded.
November 2018FloodSunol-Flooding on SB I-680 at Koopman Rd.
February 2017Flash FloodSunol-State route 84 completely closed in both directions due to Alameda Creek flooding between Mission in Fremont to Main St in Sunol, 4 to 5 rock slides with flooding.
February 2017FloodSunol-Standing water in at least one lane I680N near SR 84E.
February 1998Flash FloodSunol-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Alameda 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
Scotts Corner1.0 miles28
Brightside1.9 miles26
Verona2.3 miles31
Kilkare Woods2.7 miles31
Farwell3.0 miles26
Dresser3.6 miles26
Merienda (historical)3.9 miles26
Mission San Jose District4.6 miles26

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 SunolAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2285949The 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 1670341. 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.