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.
Then and now
1916 to 1983The 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.


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
Tocaloma Bridgelisted 2018
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 28 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.
- 1916 USGS Point Reyes quadrangle1:48000
- 1916 USGS Point Reyes quadrangle1:62500
- 1918 USGS Point Reyes quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1947 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Inverness quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1954 USGS Point Reyes quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1958 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Napa quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
42 since 1992Regional 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/distribution | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 1994 | Smoking | under an acre | Point Reyes National Seashore | SKIDPAN |
| 26 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.4 acres | Point Reyes National Seashore | SHORELINE |
| 22 September 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Point Reyes National Seashore | HAGGERTY |
| 21 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.2 acres | Point Reyes National Seashore | DRAKE 2 |
| 20 September 1993 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 52 acres | Golden Gate National Recreation Area | GENAZZI |
| 11 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Marin County Fire Department | not named |
| 10 September 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 151 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 9 August 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Golden Gate National Recreation Area | WHITEGATE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 19 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Mountain | Stone | Occurrence | ||
| Fort Baker | Manganese, Gold | Occurrence | Psilomelane | |
| Heaton's Flat | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Mount Tamalpais Cemetery Quarry. | Stone, Stone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Location | Gemstone | Occurrence | ||
| Claims | Mercury | Occurrence | ||
| Claims | Mercury | Occurrence | ||
| Inverness | Tungsten | Occurrence | Scheelite | |
| Inverness Ridge | Gold | Unknown | ||
| Inverness Ridge | Gold | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
3 since 2019Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2025 | Flood | Tocaloma | 1 hurt, $10 | A 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 2019 | Flood | Tocaloma | - | Platform Bridge Rd closed due to flooding. |
| February 2019 | Debris Flow | Tocaloma | - | Debris flow blocking west bound lane of Sir Francis Drake Blvd near Platform Bridge Rd. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jewell | 1.2 miles | 23 | |
| Olema | 1.7 miles | 28 | |
| Taylorville (historical) | 1.8 miles | 23 | |
| Point Reyes Station | 2.8 miles | 28 | |
| Irving (historical) | 3.0 miles | 23 | |
| Nicasio | 3.3 miles | 23 | |
| Five Brooks | 3.4 miles | 28 | |
| Inverness Park | 3.5 miles | 28 |
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 Tocaloma | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7811942 | 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 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.










