Twin Lakes, California
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1945 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Lower Lake census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95457. It stands on Clayton Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lower Lake quadrangle. It stands 1,434 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1945 to 1993The 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 sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 22 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.
- 1945 USGS Lower Lake quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1947 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Lower Lake quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1958 USGS Lower Lake quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Santa Rosa quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Healdsburg quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1977 USGS Lower Lake quadrangle1:24000
- 1993 USGS Lower Lake quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
324 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 324 fires within 5 miles of Twin Lakes between 1992 and 2020, burning about 8,938 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 29 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/undetermined | 121 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 97 |
| Debris and open burning | 38 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 29 |
| Smoking | 13 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 12 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | BIG CANYON RD / SEIGLER C |
| 9 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | ANDERSON |
| 8 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | POINT |
| 6 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | not named |
| 6 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.7 acres | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | MORGAN |
| 6 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | SUNRISE |
| 4 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Northern California District | MORGAN |
| 4 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Sonoma-Lake Napa Unit | HOMAS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 36 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 36 workings within 5 miles of Twin Lakes: 20 occurrences, 8 unknowns, 5 producers, 3 past producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Mercury, Chromium, Manganese, Asbestos. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baker Soda Spring | Geothermal | Unknown | ||
| Seigler Springs | Stone | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Location | Tin | Occurrence | ||
| Clear Lake Gem Mining Company Or & Near Perini Hill | Gemstone | Occurrence | ||
| Clearlake Gem Mining Company | Gemstone | Occurrence | ||
| Seigler Springs | Stone, Dimension | Occurrence | ||
| Unknown | Stone, Dimension | Occurrence | ||
| Hitchcock Brothers Cinders | Pumice | Producer | ||
| Red Pit | Pumice | Producer | ||
| Roundtop Mtn Quarry | Pumice | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lower Lake | 1.8 miles | 22 | |
| Howard Springs | 3.5 miles | 20 | |
| Seigler Springs | 3.8 miles | 20 | |
| Bonanza Springs | 3.9 miles | 20 | |
| Ettawa Springs | 4.7 miles | 20 | |
| Clearlake Highlands | 5.1 miles | 21 | |
| Clearlake | 5.1 miles | 21 | |
| Loch Lomond | 5.6 miles | 20 |
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 Q7858201 | 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 1766153. 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.










