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Waldrue Heights, California

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Sonoma census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95442. It stands on North Graham Creek. The Survey maps it on the Glen Ellen quadrangle.

Waldrue Heights within Sonoma County

Then and now

1916 to 1983

The same ground, surveyed 67 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Waldrue Heights, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Waldrue Heights, surveyed 1916

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 22 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

325 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 325 fires within 5 miles of Waldrue Heights between 1992 and 2020, burning about 741 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 16 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 use128
Missing data/not specified/undetermined116
Debris and open burning27
Arson/incendiarism16
Power generation/transmission/distribution13
Misuse of fire by a minor12
Smoking9
Recreation and ceremony3
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 1993Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitCAVEDALE
8 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitBRISTOL
8 September 2004Equipment and vehicle use1.4 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitARNOLD
8 September 2004Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitHAWKS
8 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitADOBE
7 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitGROVE
6 September 2008Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitARNOLD
5 September 2001Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitTRINITY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sonoma County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 35 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 35 workings within 5 miles of Waldrue Heights: 14 past producers, 13 producers, 3 unknowns, 3 prospects. 13 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay. 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
Trinity QuarryStone, DimensionProducer
Unnamed LocationGeothermalOccurrence
Unnamed LocationPerliteProspect
Valley of the MoonFlagstonePast Producer
Richter DepositDiatomiteProducerSedimentary
Richter DepositDiatomitePast Producer
Unnamed LocationAluminumOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectAluminumProspect
Reltane DepositClayProspect
Weise Clay PitClayPast ProducerSedimentary

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
Glen Ellen2.0 miles22
Felice (historical)2.3 miles23
Beltaine (historical)2.6 miles23
Eldridge2.9 miles22
Wildwood (historical)2.9 miles23
Yulupa (historical)3.3 miles22
Madrone (historical)3.4 miles22
Kenwood3.5 miles23

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 Q122561925The 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 268745. 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.