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Vineburg, California

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Sonoma census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95476. It stands on Haraszthy Creek. The Survey maps it on the Sonoma quadrangle. It stands 52 feet above sea level.

Vineburg within Sonoma County

Then and now

1902 to 1983

The same ground, surveyed 81 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Vineburg, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Vineburg, surveyed 1902

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 23 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

260 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 260 fires within 5 miles of Vineburg between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,429 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 18 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/undetermined103
Equipment and vehicle use96
Debris and open burning18
Arson/incendiarism18
Misuse of fire by a minor10
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Smoking4
Natural3
Recreation and ceremony1
Other causes1

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 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa Unitnot named
9 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa Unitnot named
9 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
7 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitBARCELONA
6 September 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa Unitnot named
5 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.1 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionGROVE
5 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitPARTRICK
5 September 1992Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitROAT

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sonoma County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 29 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 29 workings within 5 miles of Vineburg: 18 past producers, 7 producers, 2 unknowns, 1 prospect. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Geothermal. 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
Mt Pisgah VineyardDiatomiteUnknown
Stage Gulch Quarry , Inc.Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed LocationGeothermalOccurrence
Cannon QuarryStoneProducer
Cannon QuarryStonePast Producer
QuarryStoneProducer
QuarryStonePast Producer
QuarryStoneUnknown
RainbowStoneProducer
RainbowStonePast Producer

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
Bonilla0.4 miles23
Batto0.8 miles23
Four Corners1.2 miles23
Buena Vista1.2 miles23
Sonoma1.7 miles23
Schellville1.8 miles25
Shellville Colony2.3 miles25
Embarcadero2.3 miles25

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 VineburgAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q14684239The 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 237091. 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.