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Trenton, California

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Russian River-Sonoma Coast census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95401. It stands on Windsor Creek. The Survey maps it on the Sebastopol quadrangle.

Trenton within Sonoma County

Then and now

1935 to 1983

The same ground, surveyed 48 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Trenton, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Trenton, surveyed 1935

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 20 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

248 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 248 fires within 5 miles of Trenton between 1992 and 2020, burning about 210 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 17 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/undetermined128
Equipment and vehicle use51
Debris and open burning20
Arson/incendiarism17
Misuse of fire by a minor12
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Smoking7
Natural3
Recreation and ceremony2

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 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitSUNSET
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined40 acresSonoma-Lake Napa Unitnot named
7 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionMARTINELLI RD / RIVER RD
7 September 1992Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitWESTSIDE
7 September 1992Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitEASTSIDE
5 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
29 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
29 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitTRENTON

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sonoma County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 33 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 33 workings within 5 miles of Trenton: 12 occurrences, 10 producers, 10 unknowns, 1 past producer. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Mercury, Stone. 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
Blue Rock Pit and MillStone, DimensionUnknown
Unnamed ProspectGoldOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectIronOccurrence
Wall TractCopper, MercuryOccurrenceVein
Rowan DepositManganeseOccurrence
White-O-Ranch ProspectManganeseOccurrence1942
ArcherCopperPast ProducerVein
Archer TractCopperUnknown
Canyon Rock Pit and MillStoneProducer
Huntington Bros. General ContractrsStoneUnknown

Every working recorded in Sonoma County

Storms near this place

8 since 2017

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Trenton in 8 storm reports between 2017 and 2026: 7 flood, 1 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
January 2024FloodTrenton$10A vehicle was stuck in floodwaters on Eastside Road north of Mark West Station Road.
January 2026FloodTrenton-The gage along Mark West Creek at Mirabel Heights reached Moderate flooding with a peak stage of 59.79 ft.
January 2026FloodTrenton-Piner Road was flooded between Fulton Road and Olivet Road.
February 2024FloodTrenton-Water flooded the roadway at northbound Olivet Road at Piner Road.
December 2024FloodTrenton-Vehicle was reported stuck in water on Eastside Road north of Trenton-Healdsburg Road.
January 2019FloodTrenton-Roadway flooding across both lanes.
January 2017FloodTrenton-Eastside road at Trenton Healdsburg Road entire roadway flooded.
January 2017Flash FloodTrenton-Mark West Creek stream gauge at Mirabel Heights exceeded flood stage starting at 8:15 am on January 8.

Every storm 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
Woolsey1.7 miles20
Mirabel Heights2.1 miles20
Wilson Grove2.2 miles22
Forestville2.2 miles20
Harbine (historical)2.3 miles20
Mirabel Park2.4 miles20
Ross2.6 miles20
Lacresta (historical)2.7 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1660024. 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.