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Truth Home, California

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Russian River-Sonoma Coast census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95421. It lies near Mohrhardt Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Fort Ross quadrangle.

Truth Home within Sonoma County

Then and now

1921 to 1998

The same ground, surveyed 77 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Truth Home, surveyed 1998
Topographic sheet of Truth Home, surveyed 1921

Compare 1921 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 18 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

66 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 66 fires within 5 miles of Truth Home between 1992 and 2020, burning about 72 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 1 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined22
Equipment and vehicle use19
Debris and open burning12
Natural6
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Other causes1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
5 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitKING /CDF TAC 6
3 September 2003Naturalunder an acreNorthern California DistrictSTEWARTS POINT
28 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitKING
20 September 2006Equipment and vehicle use11 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitSEAVIEW 2
19 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionKING
19 September 2003Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitMUNIZ.
18 September 1994Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitOLD CAZADERO
16 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.4 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitMEYERS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sonoma County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Truth Home: 8 occurrences, 4 past producers, 2 producers, 2 unknowns. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Chromium, Mercury, Copper, Manganese. 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
Aho MineManganeseProducerRhodochrosite
Aho MineCalcium, Iron, Manganese, SilicaPast Producer1924
Hooper RanchIronOccurrence
LatonChromium, IronPast Producer1916
Laton MineChromium, Iridium, Palladium, Platinum, Rhodium, RutheniumPast Producer1915, 1916, 1944
Sonoma MagnesiteMagnesiteUnknown
Gray ProspectCopperOccurrence
Gray ProspectCopperOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectMercuryOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectMercuryOccurrence

Every working 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
Goat Rock0.9 miles18
Dorr Place3.7 miles18
Toners Place4.0 miles18
Cazadero4.3 miles18
Seaview5.3 miles18
Las Lomas6.7 miles14
Venado7.1 miles18
Fort Ross7.2 miles18

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.

Wikidata item Q122550419The 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 1656983. 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.