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Two Rock, California

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1935 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Petaluma census division. It lies in ZIP code area 94952. It lies near Dos Piedras. The Survey maps it on the Two Rock quadrangle. It stands 82 feet above sea level.

Two Rock 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 Two Rock, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Two Rock, surveyed 1935

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 17 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

211 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 211 fires within 5 miles of Two Rock between 1992 and 2020, burning about 368 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 6 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
Equipment and vehicle use105
Missing data/not specified/undetermined78
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Arson/incendiarism6
Debris and open burning6
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Smoking3
Other causes1
Natural1

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 2014Other causesunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitBODEGA
7 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa Unit101
6 September 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitGREEN MILL
30 September 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionPEPPER
30 September 2001Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitRYSKA
3 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionROBLAR RD BLOOMFIELD
3 September 2003Naturalunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitROBLAR
3 September 1992Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitSNAKE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sonoma County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Two Rock: 5 producers, 2 past producers, 1 unknown, 1 prospect. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, 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
Stony Point Quarry and MillStoneProducer
Unnamed LocationQuartzProspect
Martinoni QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Murphy Ranch DepositMercuryProducer
Murphy Ranch DepositMercuryPast Producer
Stony Point QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed LocationGoldProducer
Unnamed LocationGoldPast Producer
Unnamed ProspectGoldUnknown

Every working recorded in Sonoma County

Storms near this place

3 since 2014

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Two Rock in 3 storm reports between 2014 and 2019: 3 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
February 2019FloodTwo Rock-Roadway flooding at Tomales Rd and Valley Ford Rd.
April 2018FloodTwo Rock-Roadway flooding at Bodega Ave and Valley Ford Road.
February 2014FloodTwo Rock-Flooding reported across all lanes on Tomales Road at Valley Ford Road.

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
Cherry (historical)2.7 miles24
Washoe4.0 miles24
Roblar4.2 miles17
Stony Point4.3 miles24
Bloomfield4.5 miles17
Woodworth4.8 miles17
Orchard4.9 miles17
Liberty4.9 miles24

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 Two RockAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7859201The 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 1660064. 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.