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Walsh Landing, California

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Russian River-Sonoma Coast census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95450. It stands on Stockhoff Creek. The Survey maps it on the Plantation quadrangle.

Walsh Landing within Sonoma County

Then and now

1921 to 1981

The same ground, surveyed 60 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Walsh Landing, surveyed 1981
Topographic sheet of Walsh Landing, surveyed 1921

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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

86 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 86 fires within 5 miles of Walsh Landing between 1992 and 2019, burning about 551 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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/undetermined32
Debris and open burning21
Equipment and vehicle use18
Arson/incendiarism5
Recreation and ceremony4
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Smoking2

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
8 September 2015Smokingunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitUMLAND CIR TIMBER_COVE
5 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresNorthern California DistrictUNNAMED FIRE 3652
3 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.1 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionGERSTLE 2
25 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.5 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitBOHAN
23 September 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitGROLBERT
21 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitFORT
20 September 2006Equipment and vehicle use11 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitSEAVIEW 2
18 September 1994Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitMCDOUGAL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sonoma County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Walsh Landing: 2 occurrences, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Manganese, Calcium. 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
Kohlman GulchCalciumOccurrence
Hayden ProspectManganeseOccurrence
Hayden ProspectManganeseUnknown1926

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
Seaview3.9 miles18
Fort Ross4.2 miles18
Toners Place6.7 miles18
Stewarts Point8.5 miles17
Truth Home8.7 miles18
Goat Rock9.7 miles18
Cazadero11.5 miles18
Valley Crossing11.6 miles17

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 Q122549068The 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 1660122. 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.