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Wilson Grove, California

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Healdsburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95492. It stands on Pool Creek. The Survey maps it on the Healdsburg quadrangle.

Wilson Grove within Sonoma County

Then and now

1920 to 1993

The same ground, surveyed 73 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Wilson Grove, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Wilson Grove, surveyed 1920

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 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

262 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 262 fires within 5 miles of Wilson Grove between 1992 and 2020, burning about 295 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 19 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/undetermined125
Equipment and vehicle use66
Debris and open burning21
Arson/incendiarism19
Misuse of fire by a minor13
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Recreation and ceremony5
Natural3
Smoking2
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 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitSUNSET
9 September 2004Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitFELTA
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined40 acresSonoma-Lake Napa Unitnot named
7 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionMARTINELLI RD / RIVER RD
7 September 1992Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSonoma-Lake Napa UnitWESTSIDE
7 September 1992Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa UnitEASTSIDE
6 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
6 September 2001Equipment and vehicle use8.0 acresSonoma-Lake Napa Unit101

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sonoma County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 37 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 37 workings within 5 miles of Wilson Grove: 13 occurrences, 12 unknowns, 11 producers, 1 past producer. 11 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Mercury, Copper, 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
Blue Rock Pit and MillStone, DimensionUnknown
Unnamed ProspectGoldOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectIronOccurrence
Wall TractCopper, MercuryOccurrenceVein
Blue Rock QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Canyon Rock Pit and MillStoneProducer
Canyon Rock QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Dinucci QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Huntington Bros. General ContractrsStoneUnknown
Rowan DepositManganeseOccurrence

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
Trenton2.2 miles20
Mirabel Heights2.6 miles20
Mount Jackson2.7 miles23
Mirabel Park2.7 miles20
Woolsey2.9 miles20
Windsor2.9 miles22
Rio Dell3.0 miles20
Shiloh3.2 miles22

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 Wilson GroveAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q28945072The 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 1660187. 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.