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Tocaloma, California

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Northwest Marin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 94956. It stands on Nicasio Creek. The Survey maps it on the Inverness quadrangle. It stands 75 feet above sea level.

Tocaloma within Marin 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 Tocaloma, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Tocaloma, surveyed 1916

On record in Tocaloma

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 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 28 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

42 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 42 fires within 5 miles of Tocaloma between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,237 acres in total. 5 started naturally. None was 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
Power generation/transmission/distribution11
Equipment and vehicle use7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Natural5
Recreation and ceremony3
Smoking3
Fireworks2
Debris and open burning2
Misuse of fire by a minor2

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
3 September 1994Smokingunder an acrePoint Reyes National SeashoreSKIDPAN
26 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.4 acresPoint Reyes National SeashoreSHORELINE
22 September 1999Naturalunder an acrePoint Reyes National SeashoreHAGGERTY
21 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.2 acresPoint Reyes National SeashoreDRAKE 2
20 September 1993Power generation/transmission/distribution52 acresGolden Gate National Recreation AreaGENAZZI
11 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresMarin County Fire Departmentnot named
10 September 2018Equipment and vehicle use151 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
9 August 2002Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGolden Gate National Recreation AreaWHITEGATE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Marin County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 19 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Tocaloma: 14 occurrences, 2 unknowns, 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Tungsten, Gold, Mercury. 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
Black MountainStoneOccurrence
Fort BakerManganese, GoldOccurrencePsilomelane
Heaton's FlatGold, SilverPast Producer
Mount Tamalpais Cemetery Quarry.Stone, Stone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Unnamed LocationGemstoneOccurrence
ClaimsMercuryOccurrence
ClaimsMercuryOccurrence
InvernessTungstenOccurrenceScheelite
Inverness RidgeGoldUnknown
Inverness RidgeGoldOccurrence

Every working recorded in Marin County

Storms near this place

3 since 2019

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tocaloma in 3 storm reports between 2019 and 2025: 2 flood, 1 debris flow. The reports record 1 injury. 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 2025FloodTocaloma1 hurt, $10A woman drove through a downpour on Platform Bridge Road before a large puddle caused her to lose control and crash into a flooded creek. A Marin County Sheriffs deputy rescued her and helped her reach safety. Some additional vehicles became stuck after they ignored road closure signs.
February 2019FloodTocaloma-Platform Bridge Rd closed due to flooding.
February 2019Debris FlowTocaloma-Debris flow blocking west bound lane of Sir Francis Drake Blvd near Platform Bridge Rd.

Every storm recorded in Marin 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
Jewell1.2 miles23
Olema1.7 miles28
Taylorville (historical)1.8 miles23
Point Reyes Station2.8 miles28
Irving (historical)3.0 miles23
Nicasio3.3 miles23
Five Brooks3.4 miles28
Inverness Park3.5 miles28

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 TocalomaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7811942The 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 252816. 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.