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Wilfred, California

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Santa Rosa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 94928. It stands on Crane Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cotati quadrangle.

Wilfred 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 Wilfred, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Wilfred, surveyed 1916

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 24 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

425 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 425 fires within 5 miles of Wilfred between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,647 acres in total. None started naturally. 27 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/undetermined207
Equipment and vehicle use114
Smoking34
Arson/incendiarism27
Debris and open burning15
Misuse of fire by a minor13
Power generation/transmission/distribution11
Recreation and ceremony4

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 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
8 September 1992Equipment and vehicle use7.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitRUSSELL
7 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
5 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitPETALUMA
5 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitBENNETT VLY # 1
5 September 1996Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitBENNETT VLY #2
4 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitHWY 101 /W RAILROAD A 11
4 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa Unitnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sonoma County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Wilfred: 5 producers, 2 prospects, 1 past producer. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Quartz, Perlite. 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
Unnamed LocationQuartzProspect
Unnamed LocationPerliteProspect
Petaluma Hill RoadStone, Crushed/BrokenProducerSedimentary
Stony Point QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Stony Point Quarry and MillStoneProducer
Zamaroni QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Zaney GravelsStoneProducer
Zaney GravelsStonePast Producer

Every working recorded in Sonoma County

Storms near this place

12 since 2014

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wilfred in 12 storm reports between 2014 and 2021: 9 flood, 2 debris flow, 1 heavy rain. 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
December 2021FloodWilfred-Heavy rain caused roadway flooding on Labath Ave.
November 2021FloodWilfred-Heavy rain caused roadway flooding.
January 2019FloodWilfred-Six inches of standing water at 6100 Labath Ave.
February 2019FloodWilfred-Flooding at Santa Rosa Ave and Roberts Lake Rd.
February 2019Debris FlowWilfred-Debris Flow on eastbound Crane Canyon half a mile from the junction with Petaluma Hill Rd.
February 2019Debris FlowWilfred-Debris flow partially blocking northbound lane on Petaluma Hill Rd near junction of Snyder Rd.
February 2019FloodWilfred-CHP reported roadway flooding at Millbrae Ave and Stony Point Rd, vehicles driving through rising water.
March 2019FloodWilfred-Roadway flooding on Labath Ave near Rohnert Park Expwy.
December 2019FloodWilfred-Widespread flooding in the area on Labath Ave near the Rohnert Park Expressway W, one foot of water across northbound lane.
April 2018FloodWilfred-Roadway flooding reported at 6100 Labath Ave. Water on both sides of road.
December 2014FloodWilfred-Significant amount of water across area roadways near Laguna de Santa Rosa.
February 2014Heavy RainWilfred-Rainfall total reported since 10 AM yesterday with an additional 0.54 inches of rainfall since 10 AM today.

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
Rohnert Park2.0 miles24
Bellevue2.4 miles23
South Santa Rosa2.7 miles23
Cotati2.8 miles24
Cunningham3.4 miles17
Cadwell3.4 miles17
Woodworth3.4 miles17
Hessel3.6 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 252835. 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.