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Additional Resources
This is a list of sources to find more information about specific topics in the book. These include published papers, online reports, and websites. This list is roughly arranged in subject order like that in Chapters 1 to 5. Occasional annotations provide additional information about these sources. Although the web site URLs listed here were correct and functional as of mid-2025, some addresses can be expected to change over time, so if a page is not found, you can try searching from the home page of the web site or from an internet search engine.
Watersheds and Water Management
Data for the location of jurisdictional dams comes from the California Department of Water Resources Division of Safety of Dams’s 2022 California Jurisdictional Dams GIS data set, available online https://gis.data.ca.gov.
Construction of dams and water diversions have often received historical coverage in newspapers of the time. A valuable online source of historical newspapers is the California Digital Newspaper Collection. contains over 1,500,000 pages of significant historical California newspapers published from 1846 to the present day. For example, available from CDNC:
- Four companies claim Putah Creek water. Million dollar corporation proposes to monopolize stream. August 12, 1909. San Francisco Call.
- Dixon farmers hear water plans. Enthusiastic meeting listens to addresses by experts on irrigation possibilities. December 11, 1916. Sacramento Union.
Local governments have banded together to conduct Integrated Regional Water Management efforts, using funding from California Department of Water Resources, to coordinate water management and planning. IRWM efforts in the Berryessa Snow Mountain region are:
- The Westside Sac IRWM region includes areas within Cache and Putah Creek watersheds including Clear Lake, Lake Berryessa, Indian Valley Reservoir, Putah Creek, and Cache Creek – https://yolorcd.org/what-we-do/westside-sac-irwm
- The Northern Sacramento Valley IRWM region includes Butte, Colusa, Glenn, Shasta, Sutter, and Tehama Counties – https://nsvwaterplan.org
- The North Coast Resource Partnership manages the IRWM effort for the Eel River watershed and other watersheds in Mendocino, Del Norte, Humboldt, Modoc, Siskiyou, and Trinity Counties – https://northcoastresourcepartnership.org
Dingler, N. (2017). Part 3 – Fifty years since the birth of the Monticello Dam. Fairfield Daily Republic. October 20, 2017.
Marovich, R. (2012). Unintended consequences of Monticello Dam. Putah Creek News. 2012 Annual Review. Putah Creek Council, Winters, California. https://www.putahcreekcouncil.org/unintended-consequences-monticello-dam.
Putah Creek Council. (2000). The Putah Creek Accord. https://putahcreekcouncil.org/who-we-are/putah-creek-accord.
Putah Creek Council. (2023). Our history. https://putahcreekcouncil.org/who-we-are/our-history.
Redmond, Z. (2000). Solano Project. US Bureau of Reclamation. https://www.usbr.gov/projects/pdf.php?id=195.
Sacramento River Watershed Program. Putah Creek Watershed. https://sacriver.org/explore-watersheds/westside-subregion/putah-creek-watershed.
Solano County Water Agency. (2025). Lower Putah Creek Coordinating Committee. https://scwa2.com/lower-putah-creek-coordinating-committee.
US Bureau of Reclamation Central California Area Office. Solano Project. https://www.usbr.gov/projects/index.php?id=421.
Borcalli, Ensign, and Buckley. (1984). Cache Creek Watershed: Investigation for Water Project Development. Under contract to the Yolo County Flood Control and Water Conservation District. Woodland, California.
Colusa County, R. (2010). Bear Creek Watershed Assessment. Colusa County Resource Conservation District. https://www.colusarcd.org/bear-creek-watershed-assessment.
DWR. (1957). Lake County Investigation. Bulletin 14. California Department of Water Resources. Division of Resources Planning. Sacramento, California.
DWR. (1958). Interim Report, Cache Creek Investigation: comparison of alternative Wilson Valley and Guinda projects on Cache Creek. California Department of Water Resources, Sacramento, California.
DWR. (1961). Clear Lake-Cache Basin Investigation. Bulletin No. 90. California Department of Water Resources. Division of Resources Planning, Sacramento, California.
Manson, Michael W. (1990). Landslides and Geology Along Cache Creek Between Clear Lake and Capay Valley, Lake, Colusa, and Yolo Counties, California. California Division of Mines and Geology.
Sacramento River Watershed Program. Cache Creek Watershed. https://sacriver.org/explore-watersheds/westside-subregion/cache-creek-watershed.
Sorenson, S. K., & Elliott, A. L. (1981). Water-Quality Assessment of Cache Creek, Yolo, Lake, and Colusa Counties, California. Water-Resources Investigations. USGS Open-File Report 81-677.
YCFCWCD. (2006). District Infrastructure. Yolo County Flood Control and Water Conservation District. https://www.ycfcwcd.org/infrastructure.html
YCFCWCD. (2008). Capay Diversion Dam Stabilization Project. Yolo County Flood Control and Water Conservation District. http://www.ycfcwcd.org/capay_dam.html
Cole, B. (1903). Storage Reservoirs On Stony Creek, California. USGS Water Supply and Irrigation Paper No. 86. USGS Washington, DC.
Sacramento River Watershed Program. Stony Creek Watershed. https://sacriver.org/explore-watersheds/westside-subregion/stony-creek-watershed.
US Bureau of Reclamation Northern California Office. (2025). Stony Gorge Reservoir. https://www.usbr.gov/mp/ncao/stony-gorge/index.html.
California Trout. The Eel River Watershed Restoration and Conservation Program. https://caltrout.org/eel-river-watershed-program.
Friends of the Eel River. The Wild and Scenic Eel River. https://eelriver.org/the-eel-river.
National Wild and Scenic River System. Eel River. https://www.rivers.gov/rivers/rivers/river/eel.
Potter Valley Irrigation District. History of the Potter Valley Project. https://www.pottervalleywater.org/history.html.
Pacific Gas and Electric Company Potter Valley Project (FERC Project No. 77) Surrender Application and Decommissioning Plan Stakeholder Website. https://www.pottervalleysurrenderproceeding.com/
Yoshiyama, Ronald M. and Moyle, Peter B. (2010). Historical Review of Eel River Anadromous Salmonids, with Emphasis on Chinook Salmon, Coho Salmon and Steelhead. UC Davis. A report commissioned by California Trout.
Special River Designations
National Wild and Scenic Rivers Program. California. https://www.rivers.gov/california.
California Natural Resources Agency. California Wild and Scenic Rivers https://data.cnra.ca.gov/dataset/wild-and-scenic-rivers-california-state-designations-only-2020.
CalWild. A Guide to Wild and Scenic Rivers in California. https://www.calwild.org/a-guide-to-wild-and-scenic-rivers-in-california.
CDFW. Designated Wild and Heritage Trout Waters https://wildlife.ca.gov/Fishing/Inland/Trout-Waters
Land Management or Resource Agencies
US Bureau of Land Management
- Ukiah Field Office. https://www.blm.gov/office/ukiah-field-office.
- Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument. https://www.blm.gov/programs/national-conservation-lands/california/berryessa-snow-mountain-national-monument.
- Cache Creek Natural Area. https://www.blm.gov/visit/cache-creek-natural-area.
- Cache Creek Wilderness. https://www.blm.gov/visit/cache-creek-wilderness.
- Indian Valley Management Area. https://www.blm.gov/visit/indian-valley-management-area.
- Knoxville Management Area. https://www.blm.gov/visit/knoxville-management-area.
- Cedar Roughs Wilderness. https://www.blm.gov/visit/cedar-roughs-wilderness.
US Bureau of Reclamation
- Lake Berryessa. https://www.usbr.gov/mp/ccao/berryessa.
USFS
- Mendocino National Forest. https://www.fs.usda.gov/r05/mendocino.
- Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument. https://www.blm.gov/programs/national-conservation-lands/california/berryessa-snow-mountain-national-monument.
- Lake Pillsbury. https://www.fs.usda.gov/r05/mendocino/recreation/lake-pillsbury-0.
- Snow Mountain Wilderness. https://www.fs.usda.gov/r05/mendocino/recreation/snow-mountain-wilderness-0.
- Stonyford Recreation Area. https://www.fs.usda.gov/r05/mendocino/recreation/stonyford-recreation-area-0.
- Upper Lake Recreation Area. https://www.fs.usda.gov/r05/mendocino/recreation/upper-lake-recreation-area-0.
- Yuki Wilderness. https://www.fs.usda.gov/r05/mendocino/recreation/yuki-wilderness-0.
California Department of Fish and Wildlife
- Region 2 – North Central Region (includes Colusa, Glenn, Lake, and Yolo Counties). https://wildlife.ca.gov/Regions/2.
- Region 3 – Bay Delta Region (includes Napa and Solano Counties). https://wildlife.ca.gov/Regions/3.
- Cache Creek Wildlife Area. https://wildlife.ca.gov/Lands/Places-to-Visit/Cache-Creek-WA.
- Cedar Roughs Wildlife Area. https://wildlife.ca.gov/Lands/Places-to-Visit/Cedar-Roughs-WA.
- Indian Valley Wildlife Area. https://wildlife.ca.gov/Lands/Places-to-Visit/Indian-Valley-WA.
- Knoxville Wildlife Area. https://wildlife.ca.gov/Lands/Places-to-Visit/Knoxville-WA.
- Lake Berryessa Wildlife Area (USBR/CDFW). https://www.tuleyome.org/lake-berryessa-wildlife-area.
- Putah Creek Wildlife Area. https://wildlife.ca.gov/Lands/Places-to-Visit/Putah-Creek-WA.
University of California Natural Reserve System
- The Nature of UC (UC Natural Reserve System). https://ucnrs.org.
- McLaughlin Natural Reserve. https://ucnrs.org/reserves/mclaughlin-natural-reserve.
- Human History (McLaughlin Reserve). https://naturalreserves.ucdavis.edu/sites/g/files/dgvnsk1091/files/inline-files/MCL_human_history.pdf.
- Natural History of the McLaughlin Reserve 2nd Edition. University of California, Davis Natural Reserve System. Davis, California http://nrs.ucdavis.edu/McL/natural/geology/region/region1 htm.
- Quail Ridge Reserve. https://ucnrs.org/reserves/quail-ridge-reserve.
- Stebbins Cold Canyon Reserve. https://ucnrs.org/reserves/stebbins-cold-canyon-reserve.
County
- Colusa County Parks & Recreation. East Park Reservoir. https://www.countyofcolusaca.gov/629/Parks-Recreation.
- Lake County. Parks, Recreation & Trails. https://www.lakecountyca.gov/341/Parks-Recreation-Trails.
- Napa County Regional Park and Open Space District. https://napaoutdoors.org.
- Yolo County. Parks. https://www.yolocounty.gov/government/general-government-departments/parks.
Conservation Groups
- Audubon California. Bobcat Ranch. https://www.audubon.org/california/projects/bobcat-ranch.
- FireScape Mendocino. A collaboration of conservation organizations, user groups, resource conservation districts, Clear Lake Environmental Research Center, CalFire, MNF leadership, in-holders, timber businesses, and others. https://firescapemendocino.org.
- Land Trust of Napa County. https://napalandtrust.org.
- Putah Creek Council: https://putahcreekcouncil.org.
- Putah Creek Trout: https://putahcreektrout.org.
- Sierra Club Yolano Group and Sierra Club Mother Lode Chapter
- Sierra Club Lake Group and Sierra Club Redwood Chapter
- Solano Land Trust: https://solanolandtrust.org.
- Tuleyome. https://www.tuleyome.org. Tuleyome manages an excellent website about many recreational trails in the region.
- Yolo Land Trust: https://theyololandtrust.org.
Native Peoples
- Big Valley Band of Pomo Indians. https://www.bvrancheria.com.
- Cachil Dehe Band of Wintun Indians/ Colusa Indian Community. https://www.colusa-nsn.gov.
- Chhé’ee Fókaa Band of Northeastern Pomo. https://www.saltpomo.org.
- Elem Indian Colony. http://www.elemindiancolony.org.
- Habematolel Pomo of Upper Lake. https://www.hpultribe-nsn.gov.
- Kletsel Dehe Wintun Nation. https://www.kletseldehe.org.
- Koi Nation of Northern California. https://www.koinationsonoma.com.
- Middletown Rancheria of Pomo Indians of California. https://middletownrancheria-nsn.gov.
- Potter Valley Tribe. https://pottervalleytribe.com.
- Robinson Rancheria Pomo Indians of California. https://rrcbc-nsn.gov/heritage.
- Round Valley Indian Tribes. https://www.rvit.org.
- Scotts Valley Band of Pomo Indians. https://www.scottsvalley-nsn.gov.
- Suscol Intertribal Council. www.suscolcouncil.org.
- Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation. https://www.yochadehe.org.
California Native American Heritage Commission
Castillo, E. D. Short Overview of California Indian History. https://nahc.ca.gov/native-americans/california-indian-history.
CNAHC. (2023). Digital Atlas of California Native Americans. https://nahc.ca.gov/cp.
CNAHC. Timeline of Genocide Incidents. https://nahc.ca.gov/cp/timelines.
Anderson, M. K. (2005). Tending the Wild, Native American Knowledge and the Management of California’s Natural Resources. University of California Press. Oakland.
Baker, C. (2018). Historical context. In W. B. Hildebrandt, A Cultural Resources Overview of the Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument. U. S. Bureau of Land Management (Ukiah) and U. S. Forest Service (Willows).
Bancroft, H. H. (1885). The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft: Vol 19 California. Vol 2. 1801-1824. A. L. Bancroft and Co. San Francisco.
Bancroft, H. H. (1886). The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft: Vol 22 California. Vol 5. 1846-1848. The History Company. San Francisco.
Bancroft, H. H. (1888). The Works of Hubert Howe Bancroft: Vol 23 California. Vol 6. 1848-1859. The History Company. San Francisco.
Cook, S. F. (1976). The Population of the California Indians, 1769-1970. University of California Press. Berkeley, California.
Docken, R., Hurtado, A. L., Lortie, M., Litzinger, C. A., Howard, P., & Felton, D. L. (1982). A Cultural Resource Overview for the Mendocino National Forest and the East Lake Planning Unit, BLM, California. Volume II: History. California Archaeological Consultants, Inc.
Heizer, R. F. (1953). The Archaeology of the Napa Region. University of California Press.
Hildebrandt, W., Baker, C., Maniery, M., Heffner, S., & King, J. (2018). A Cultural Resources Overview of the Berryessa Snow Mountain National Monument. Bureau of Land Management (Ukiah) and US Forest Service (Willows).
Knudtson, Peter M. (1977). The Wintun Indians of California and Their Neighbors. Naturegraph Publishers, Inc.
Kroeber, A. L. (1925). Handbook of the Indians of California. Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin, 78, Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin.
Kroeber, A. L. (1934). Native American population. American Anthropologist, New Series, 36(1):1-25.
McCarthy, H., Hildebrandt, W. R., & Swenson, L. K. (1982). A Cultural Resource Overview for the Mendocino National Forest and East Lake Planning Unit, BLM, California — Volume I: Ethnography & Prehistory. California Archaeological Consultants, Inc.
Moerman, D. (2003). North American Ethnobotany Database. http://naeb. brit.org.
Moratto, M. J. (1984). California Archaeology. Academic Press Inc. Orlando, Florida.
Patrick, K.C. (2008). The Pomo of Lake County. Arcadia Publishing.
R. F. Heizer’s 1978 Handbook of North American Indians: California (Volume 8), published by the Smithsonian Institution, has consolidated considerable research on specific Native groups, including:
- Lake Miwok, by Callaghan, C. A. (pp. 264-274).
- Nomlaki, byGoldschmidt, W. (pp. 341-349).
- Patwin, byJohnson, P. J. (pp. 350-369).
- Pomo
- Pomo: Introduction, by McLendon, S., & Oswalt, R. L. (pp. 274-288).
- Western Pomo and Northeastern Pomo, by Bean, L. J., & Theodoratus, D. (pp. 289-305).
- Eastern Pomo and Southeastern Pomo, byMcLendon, S., & Lowy, M. J. (pp. 306-323).
- Wappo, by Sawyer, J. O. (pp. 256-263).
- Yuki, Huchnom, and Coast Yuki, byMiller, V. P. (pp. 249-255).
Ahrens, P. (2011, Spring). John Work, J. J. Warner, and the Native American catastrophe of 1833. Southern California Quarterly, 93(1):1-32.
Becker, R. H. (1969). Designs on the Land — Disenos of California Ranchos and their Makers. The Book Club of California. San Francisco.
Cook, S. F. (1939, February). Smallpox in Spanish and Mexican California 1770-1845. Bulletin of the History of Medicine, 7(2):153-191.
Cook, S. F. (1943). Part 2. The physical and demographic reaction of the non-mission Indians in colonial and provincial California. In Cook, S. F., The Conflict Between the California Indian and White Civilization. University of California Press. Berkeley, California.
Cook, S. F. (1955). The epidemic of 1830-1833 in California and Oregon. Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology, 43(3):303-326.
NAHC. (2007). Spanish and Mexican Land Grants in Alta California. Digital Atlas of California Native Americans. California Native American Heritage Commission. Sacramento, California.
Shumway, B. M. (1988). California Ranchos: Patented private land grants listed by county. The Borgo Press. San Bernardino, California.
Valle, R. K. (1973). James Ohio Pattie and the 1827-1828 Alta California measles epidemic. California Historical Quarterly, 52(1):28-36.
Watrous, S. (1993). Outpost of an Empire: Fort Ross: The Russian colony in California. Fort Ross Interpretive Association, Inc. Jenner, California.
American Effect on Native People
ACCIP. (1997). The ACCIP Termination Report: The continuing destructive effects of the termination policy on California Indians. Congressional Advisory Council on California Indian Policy. Washington, DC.
BIA. (1972). American Indians and their Federal Relationship. US Department of Interior. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Washington, DC.
Cook, S. F. (1943). Part 3: The American invasion, 1848-1870. In Cook, S. F., The Conflict Between the California Indian and White Civilization. University of California Press. Berkeley, California.
Heizer, R. F. (1972). The Eighteen Unratified Treaties of 1851-1852 between the California Indians and the United States Government. University of California Berkeley. Department of Anthropology. Archaeological Research Facility. Berkeley, California.
Heizer, R. F. (1973). The Collected Documents on the Causes and Events in the Bloody Island Massacre of 1850. University of California Berkeley. Department of Anthropology. Archaeological Research Facility. Berkeley, California.
Heizer, R. F., & Almquist, A. F. (1971). The Other Californians: Prejudice and discrimination under Spain, Mexico, and the United States to 1920. University of California Press. Oakland, California.
Johnston-Dodds, K. (2002). Early California Laws and Policies related to California Indians. California State Library Research Bureau. Sacramento, California.
Lee, R., & Ahtone, T. (2020). Land-grab universities. High Country News. March 30, 2020. https://www.hcn.org/issues/52-4/indigenous-affairs-education-land-grab-universities.
LOC. (2024). Voting rights for Native Americans. The Right to Vote. Library of Congress. https://www.loc.gov/classroom-materials/elections/right-to-vote/voting-rights-for-native-americans.
Madley, B. (2014). ‘Unholy traffic in human blood and souls’’: Systems of California Indian servitude under U. S. rule. Pacific Historical Review, 83(4):626–667.
Madley, B. (2016). An American Genocide, the United States and the California Catastrophe, 1846–1873. Yale University Press. New Haven, Connecticut.
Montgomery, J. B. (1846). Proclamation, September 15, 1846. Given at military headquarters in Yerba Buena. U. S. Military Government of California. Yerba Buena (San Francisco), California. http://www.sfmuseum.org/hist6/indian.html.
USNARA. (2024). Indigenous Digital Archive Treaties Explorer. U. S. National Archives and Records Administration Office of Innovation. https://digitreaties.org/treaties.
Wood, W. (2008). The trajectory of Indian Country in California: Rancherias, villages, pueblos, missions, ranchos, reservations, and colonies. Tulsa Law Review, 44:317-364.
Bright, W. (2004). Native American Placenames of the United States. University of Oklahoma Press. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
CACGN. (2022). California Advisory Committee on Geographic Names. https://cacgn.ca.gov.
California Tribal Affairs. Welcome to the California Truth & Healing Council. Governor’s Office of Tribal Affairs. https://tribalaffairs.ca.gov/cthc.
Durham, D. L. (1998). California’s Geographic Names: A gazetteer of historic and modern names of the state. Word Dancer Press. Clovis, California.
Gudde, E. G. (1960). California Place Names: The origin and etymology of current geographical names. University of California Press. Oakland, California.
Kroeber, A. L. (1916). California Place Names of Indian Origin. University of California Publications in American Archaeology and Ethnology, 12(2):31-69.
Rensch, H., Hoover, M., Rensch, E., & Abeloe, W. (2002). Historic Spots in California. Stanford University Press. Redwood City, California.
USGS. (2024). Cultural Sensitivity for Native American Names. Board on Geographic Names. https://www.usgs.gov/us-board-on-geographic-names/cultural-sensitivity-native-american-names.
USGS. (2024). What is Secretary’s Order 3404 and the DOI Derogatory Geographic Names Task Force? USGS frequently asked questions. https://www.usgs.gov/faqs/what-secretarys-order-3404-and-doi-derogatory-geographic-names-task-force.
American History of California
Regional and County Histories
During the late 1800s and early 1900s, various authors and publishers produced regional and county histories, typically massive volumes of hundreds of pages. Most of these are available online and they provide valuable details and illustrations of 19th-century life.
Northern California
Lewis Publishing Company. (1891). A memorial and Biographical History of Northern California, Illustrated. Lewis Publishing Company. Chicago. https://archive.org/details/memorialbiograph00lewis.
Wooldridge, J. (1931). History of Sacramento Valley California, Vol 2. Pioneer Historical Publishing Co. Chicago.
Colusa and Glenn Counties
Elliott and Moore. (1880). Colusa County, California. Illustrations descriptive of its scenery, fine residences, public buildings, manufactories, hotels, farm scenes, business houses, schools, churches, mines, mills, etc. With historical sketch of the county. Elliott and Moore. San Francisco.
McComish, C. D., & Lambert, R. T. (1918). History of Colusa and Glenn Counties, California. With biographical sketches of the leading men and women of the counties who have been identified with their growth and development from the early days to the present. Historic Record Company. Los Angeles.
Rogers, J. H. (1891). Colusa County: Its history, traced from a state of nature through the early period of settlement and development, to the present day with a description of its resources, statistical tables. Orland, California.
Lake, Napa, and Mendocino Counties
Carpenter, A. O., & Millberry, P. H. (1914). History of Mendocino and Lake Counties California. With biographical sketches of the leading men and women of the counties who have been identified with their growth and development from the early days to the present. Historic Record Company. Los Angeles.
Gregory, T. J. (1912). History of Solano and Napa Counties, California. With biographical sketches of the leading men and women of the counties. Historic Record Company. Los Angeles.
Menefee, C. A. (1873). Historical and Descriptive Sketch Book of Napa, Sonoma, Lake, and Mendocino. Reporter Publishing House. Napa, California.
Palmer, L. L., Wallace, W. F., Wells, L. W., & Kanaga, T. (1881). History of Napa and Lake Counties, California: comprising their geography, geology, topography, climatography, springs and timber. Slocum and Bowen. San Francisco.
Slocum, Bowen & Co. (1881). History of Napa and Lake Counties, California. Slocum and Bowen. San Francisco.
Wallace, W. (1901). History of Napa County. Enquirer Print. Oakland, California.
Yolo County
De Pue and Co. (1879). The Illustrated Atlas and History of Yolo County, Cal. Containing a history of California from 1513 to 1850, a history of Yolo County from 1825 to 1880, with statistics of agriculture, education, churches, elections, lithographic views of farms, residences, etc. De Pue and Co. San Francisco.
Gregory, T. J. (1913). History of Yolo County, California. With biographical sketches of the leading men and women of the county, who have been identified with its growth and development from the early days to the present. Historic Record Company. Los Angeles.
Larkey, J. L., & Walters, S. (1987). Yolo County: Land of changing patterns. Windsor Publications. Northridge, California.
Sprague, C., & Atwell, H. (1870). The Western shore Gazetteer and Commercial Directory for the State of California. Yolo County. C. P. Sprague & H. W. Atwell. Woodland, California.
Historical newspapers
As mentioned above, the California Digital Newspaper Collection (https://cdnc. ucr.edu) is an excellent online source. These provide important perspectives on the history of settlement, roads and railroads, agriculture, mining, and mineral health resorts. Examples include:
- The Putah Canyon Road. November 7, 1875. Daily Alta California.
- Valley pictures and mountain views. July 28, 1877. Pacific Rural Press.
- A Capay Colony: Busy fruit-growers in a pretty yolo valley – Tancred and its adjoining farms. February 10, 1872. Sacramento Daily Union.
- Want good roads in Lake County. April 23, 1915. Geyserville Gazette.
Historical Markers and Landmarks
California Department of Parks and Recreation. California Historical Landmarks by County. https://ohp. parks.ca.gov/?page_id=21387.
HMDB.org. The Historical Marker Database. https://www.hmdb.org/. (This database provides information on 210 historical markers in Colusa, Lake, Napa, and Yolo counties, among their larger list of over 12,000 markers. )
US National Park Service. National Historic Landmarks. https://www.nps.gov/subjects/nationalhistoriclandmarks/index.htm.
Historical Maps
Historical maps provide a fascinating perspective on historical patterns of roads, land ownership, and other geographical features. These are available on the Library of Congress or David Rumsey Map Collection websites.
BLM. Land Patents. General Land Office records. https://glorecords. blm.gov.
Buckman, O. (1895). Official Map of the County of Napa, California. Punnett Bros. San Francisco.
De Jarnatt and Crane. (1885). Official Map of Colusa County. Compiled and drawn from official surveys and records. Britton & Rey. San Francisco.
De Pue and Company. (1879). Official Map of Yolo County, California. De Pue and Company.San Francisco.
Henning, J. (1871). Official Map of Yolo County. Britton & Rey. San Francisco.
Lyman, G., Throckmorton, S., Haas, D., & Schmidt, M. (1876). Official Map of the County of Napa, California. David L. Haas. Napa and St. Helena, California.
Rice, S. H. (1892). Official Map of Lake County, California. Compiled from the U. S. government surveys, from the county records, and from an actual survey of the county roads. Britton & Rey. San Francisco.
Thompson and West. (1878). Historical Atlas Map of Solano County, California. Thompson & West. San Francisco.
Mines, Historical Mining, and Mining Cleanup
Locations of mines and their commodities are available from the USGS’s Mineral Resources Data System. https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds.
Bradley, W. W. (1913). Report XIV of the State Mineralogist. Mines and mineral resources of portions of California, chapters of State Mineralogist’s Report. Biennial Period 1913-1914, Part II. “The Counties of Colusa, Glenn, Lake, Marin, Napa, Solano, Sonoma, Yolo”. California State Mining Bureau. San Francisco.
Bradley, W. W. (1915). Mines and mineral resources of the Counties of Colusa, Glenn, Lake, Marin, Napa, Solano, Sonoma, Yolo. In W. W. Bradley, Report XIV of the State Mineralogist – Mines and Mineral Resources of Portions of California, Chapters of State Mineralogist’s Report – Biennial Period 1913-1914, Part II. California State Mining Bureau. San Francisco.
Simoons, F. J. (1954). Nineteenth century mines and mineral spring resorts of Lake County, California. California Journal of Mines and Geology, 50(2):295-320.
Chromium Mines
Dow, D., & Thayer, T. P. (1946). Chromite deposits of the northern Coast Ranges of California. California Division Mines Bulletin, 134(2):24.
Kingston, G. A., Miller, R. A., & Carrillo, F. V. (1970). Availability of U. S. Chromium Resources. Information Circular 8465. U. S. Bureau of Mines. Washington, DC.
Magnesite Mines
Bradley, W. W. (1925). Magnesite in California. California Mining Bureau. Bulletin, 79:56-58.
Manganese Mines
Jenkins, O. P. (1943). Outline Geologic Map of California Showing Locations of Manganese Properties. State of California, Dept. of Natural Resources, Division of Mines. Sacramento, California.
Trask, P. D. (1950). Geologic Description of the Manganese Deposits of California. US Geological Survey. Sacramento, California.
Mercury Mines
Bradley, W. W. (1918). Quicksilver Resources of California. With a section on metallurgy and ore-dressing. California State Mining Bureau Bulletin 78. California State Mining Bureau. Sacramento, California.
Forstner, W. (1908). The Quicksilver Resources of California. Bulletin 27. California State Mining Bureau. Sacramento, California.
Holmes, G. H. (1965). Mercury in California. In US Bureau of Mines, Mercury Potential of the United States. Information Circular 8252. pp. 87-206. US Department of Interior. Washington, DC.
Mining Cleanup
Central Valley Regional Water Quality Control Board. (2019). The Abbott and Turkey Run Mines, Lake County. Mining Program – Region 5 success stories. https://www.waterboards.ca.gov/centralvalley/water_issues/mining/region5_success_stories/abbott_turkey_run_mines.
Churchill, R., & Clinkenbeard, J. (2003). Assessment of the Feasibility of Remediation of Mercury Mine Sources in the Cache Creek Watershed. Task 5C1. In An assessment of ecological and human health impacts of mercury in the Bay-Delta Watershed. CALFED Bay-Delta Mercury Project. CALFED Bay-Delta Mercury Project. Sacramento, California.
Hylander, L. D., & Meili, M. (2005). The rise and fall of mercury: Converting a resource to refuse after 500 years of mining and pollution. Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology, 35:1-36.
McCord, S., Reller, G., Miller, J., & Pingree, K. (2023). Application of a novel amendment for the remediation of mercury mine sites with hydrologic controls. Hydrology, 10(7):155.
Slowey, A. J., & Rytuba, J. J. (2008). Mercury Release from the Rathburn Mine, Petray Mine, and Bear Valley Saline Springs, Colusa County, California 2004–2006. USGS Open-File Report 2008-1179.
19th Century Settlement, Agriculture, and Forestry
Barrows, H. (1898). A pioneer of Sacramento Valley. Publications of the Historical Society of Southern California, 4:11-17.
Godfrey, A. (2005). The Ever-Changing View: A history of the National Forests in California. RS-FR-004. USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Region. San Francisco.
Merhoff, A. (1986). Capay Valley. The land and the people 1846-1900. Roger C Franke. Woodland, California.
Napa County Historical Society. (2016). History of Berryessa Valley. Napa County Historical Society. Napa, California.
Olmstead, A. L., & Rhode, P. (2017). A History of California Agriculture. University of California. Giannini Foundation of Agricultural Economics. Davis, California.
Richter, K. R., & Sokolow, A. D. (2007). The Economic Roots of Solano County Agriculture: Report II of the Solano Agricultural Futures Project. University of California Agricultural Issues Center. Davis, California.
Salonites, E. (1994). Berreyesa: The rape of the Mexican land grant, Rancho Cañada de Capay. Mission Bell Marketing. Capay, California.
Simoons, F. J. (1953). Development of transportation routes in the Clear Lake Area. California Historical Society Quarterly.32 (4):363–371.
Vaught, D. (2007). After the Gold Rush: Tarnished dreams in the Sacramento Valley. Johns Hopkins University Press. Baltimore, Maryland.
19th Century Mineral Springs and Health Resorts
Anderson, W. (1892). Mineral Springs and Health Resorts of California. Bancroft Company. San Francisco.
Berry, G. W., Grim, P. J., & Ikelman, J. A. (1980). Thermal Springs List for the United States. NOAA Key to Geophysical Records Documentation No. 12. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U. S. Department of Commerce. National Geophysical and Solar-Terrestrial Data Center. Boulder, Colorado.
Chittenden, N. H. (1884). Health Seekers’, Tourists’ and Sportsmen’s Guide to the Sea-Side, Lake-Side, Foothill, Mountain and Mineral Spring, Health and Pleasure Resorts of the Pacific Coast (2nd edition ed.). Murdock and Co. San Francisco.
Waring, G. A. (1915). Springs of California. USGS Water Supply Paper 338. Washington, DC.
Biological Diversity and Role of Fire
The vegetation map shown in Chapter 3 is a consolidation of several vegetation mapping efforts, with the more recent or precise data overlapping older data. USFS Vegetation Map data is from the Pacific Southwest Region in McClellan, California:
- 2008. Vegetation Descriptions. North Coast and Montane Ecological Province
- 2009. Vegetation Descriptions. Central Valley Ecological Province
- 2018. Existing Vegetation: Region 5 – Central Coast.
- 2018. Existing Vegetation: Region 5 – North Coast East.
- 2018. Existing Vegetation: Region 5 – North Coast Mid.
- 2018. Existing Vegetation: Region 5 – North Coast West.
- 2019. Existing Vegetation: Region 5 – Central Valley.
CDFW Vegetation data is from the Vegetation Classification and Mapping Program in Sacramento, California:
- 2002. Vegetation – Napa County and Blue Ridge Berryessa
- 2004. Vegetation – Napa County and Blue Ridge Berryessa
- 2018. Vegetation – Great Valley Ecoregion
- 2019. Vegetation – Napa County Update 2016
- 2024. Vegetation – Molok Luyuk (Walker Ridge)
Alexander, E. B., Coleman, R. G., Keeler-Wolf, T., & Harrison, S. (2006). Serpentine Geoecology of Western North America: Soils, geology, and vegetation. Oxford University Press.
Barbour, M. G., & Major, J. (1977). Terrestrial Vegetation of California. University of California Davis. Davis, California.
CalIPC. (2025). WeedMapper. California Invasive Plant Council. https://www.cal-ipc.org/resources/calweedmapper.
CDFW. (2025). Natural Communities. Vegetation Classification and Mapping Program. Sacramento, California.
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Griffin, J. R., & Critchfield, W. B. (1972). The Distribution of Forest Trees in California. USDA Forest Serv. Res. Paper PSW-82. USDA Forest Service. Pacific SW. Forest & Range Exp. Station. Berkeley, California.
Harrison, S., Safford, H., Grace, J. B., Viers, J. H., & Davies, K. (2006). Regional and local species richness in an insular environment: serpentine plants in California. Ecological Monographs, 76:41–56.
Heckard, L. R., & Hickman, J. C. (1984). The phytogeographical significance of Snow Mountain, North Coast Ranges, California. Madroño, 31(1):30-47.
Safford, H., Viers, J. H., & Harrison, S. P. (2005). Serpentine endemism in the California flora: A database of serpentine affinity. Madroño, 52(4):222-257.
Sawyer, J. O., Keeler-Wolf, T., & Evens, J. M. (2009). A Manual of California Vegetation (Second ed.). California Native Plant Society. Sacramento, California.
USFS. (2025). Fire Effects Information System. USDA Forest Service. https://www.feis-crs.org/feis.
CDFW. (2018). Elk Conservation and Management Plan. Sacramento, California.
CDFW. (2025). California Wildlife Habitat Relationships. https://wildlife.ca.gov/Data/CWHR.
CDFW. (2025). California Natural Diversity Database. https://wildlife.ca.gov/Data/CNDDB.
NatureServe. (2025). NatureServe Explorer. https://explorer.natureserve.org.
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Penrod, K., Garding, P. E., Paulman, C., Beier, P., Weiss, S., Schaefer, N., Gaffney, K. (2013). Critical Linkages: Bay Area & beyond. www.scwildlands.org.
Pepperwood Preserve. (2018). Mayacamas to Berryessa Landscape Connectivity Network. https://www.pepperwoodpreserve.org/project/mayacamas-to-berryessa-landscape-connectivity-network.
Spencer, W. D., Beier, P., Penrod, K., Winters, K., Paulman, C., Rustigian-Romsos, H., Pettler, A. (2012). California Essential Habitat Connectivity Project: A strategy for conserving a connected California. Prepared for California Department of Transportation, California Department of Fish and Game, and Federal Highways Administration. Sacramento, California.
Moyle, P. B. (2002). Inland Fishes of California: revised and expanded. Univ of California Press.
Data for the wildlife maps in Chapter 3 come from the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection’s online Fire Perimeter Data. https://www.fire.ca.gov/what-we-do/fire-resource-assessment-program/fire-perimeters.
Agee, J. K. 1993. Fire ecology of Pacific Northwest forests. Island Press. Washington, D.C. 493 pp.
Bernal, A. A., Stephens, S. L., Callaham, M. A., Collins, B. M., Crotteau, J. S., Dickinson, M. B., Hagan, D. L., Hedges, R., Hood, S. M., Hutchinson, T. F., Taylor, M. K., Coates, T. A. 2025. The National Fire and Fire Surrogate Study: Effects of fuel treatments in the western and eastern United States after 20 years. Ecological Applications 35(1):e70003. https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.70003.
Biswell, H. H. (1989). Prescribed Fire in California Wildlands Vegetation Management. University of California Press. Berkeley, California.
California Wildfire and Forest Resilience Task Force. (2024). Managing Wildfire Risk in Southern California’s Chaparral Landscapes: What works and what doesn’t. https://wildfiretaskforce.org/managing-wildfire-in-southern-californias-chaparral-landscapes.
Forest History Society. (2012). U. S. Forest Service Fire Suppression. Forestry History Society. https://foresthistory.org/research-explore/us-forest-service-history/policy-and-law/fire-u-s-forest-service/u-s-forest-service-fire-suppression.
Furniss, T. J., Povak, N., Hessburg, P. F., Salter, R. B., Duan, Z., & Wigmosta, M. 2024. Wildfire management decisions outweigh mechanical treatment as the keystone to forest landscape adaptation. Fire Ecology 20:105. https://doi.org/10.1186/s42408-024-00339-y.
Grupenhoff, A. R., & Safford, H. D. (2024). High fire frequency in California chaparral reduces postfire shrub regeneration and native plant diversity. Ecosphere, 15:e70128.
Harden, G. R. (2020). Fighting Wildfire with PODs (Potential Operational Delineations. USU Forestry. https://forestry.usu.edu/news/utah-forest-newsletter/PODs_NM.
Hessburg, P. F., Charnley, S., Gray, A. N., Spies, T. A., Peterson, D. W, Flitcroft, R. L., Wendel, K. L., Halofsky, J. E., White, E. M., Marshall, J. 2022. Climate and wildfire adaptation of inland Northwest US forests. Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 20(1):40-48. https://doi.org/10.1002/fee.2408.
Ingalsbee, T. (2005). Fuelbreaks for wildland fire management: A moat or a drawbridge for ecosystem fire restoration? Fire Ecology, 1:85-89.
Jones, G. M., & Tingley, M. W. (2021). Pyrodiversity and Biodiversity: A history, synthesis, and outlook. Diversity and Distributions.
Larson, A. J., & Churchill, D. 2012. Tree spatial patterns in fire-frequent forests of western North America, including mechanisms of pattern formation and implications for designing fuel reduction and restoration treatments. Forest Ecology and Management 267:74-92. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foreco.2011.11.038.
Meyer, M. D., Long, J. W., & Safford, H. D. (eds). 2021.Postfire restoration framework for national forests in California. General Technical Report PSW-GTR-270. U.S.D.A. Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Research Station. Albany, CA. 204 pp. https://doi.org/10.2737/PSW-GTR-270.
Pyne, S. J. 2015. Between two fires: A fire history of contemporary America. Univ. Arizona Press, Tucson, AZ. 539 pp.
Stephens, S. L., Foster, D. E., Battles, J. J., Bernal, E. A., Collins, B. M., Hedges, R., Moghaddas, J. J., Roughton, A. T., & York, R. A. 2023. Forest restoration and fuels reduction work: Different pathways for achieving success in the Sierra Nevada. Ecological Applications e2932. https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.2932.
Taylor, A. H., Trouet, V., Skinner, C. N., & Stephens, S. (2016). Socioecological transitions trigger fire regime shifts and modulate fire-climate interactions in the Sierra Nevada, USA, 1600-2015 CE. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A, 113:13684–13689.
van Wagtendonk, J. W., Sugihara, N. G., Stephens, S. L., Thode, A. E., Schaffer, K. E., & Fites-Kaufman, J. A. (Eds.). (2018). Fire in California’s Ecosystems (2nd ed.). University of California Press. Berkeley, California.
Adlam, C., Almendariz, D., Goode, R. W., Martinez, D. J., & Middleton, B. R. (2021). Keepers of the Flame: Supporting the revitalization of Indigenous cultural burning. Society & Natural Resources. DOI: 10.1080/08941920.2021.2006385.
Anderson, M. K., & Keeley, J. E. (2018). Native Peoples’ relationship to the California chaparral. Chapter 4. In E. C. Underwood, H. Safford, N. A. Molinari, & J. E. Keeley (Eds.), Valuing Chaparral: Ecological, socio-economic, and management perspectives. pp. 79-121. Springer.
Blackburn, T. C., & Anderson, K. (1993). Before the Wilderness: Environmental management by Native Californians. Ballena Press. Menlo Park, California.
Greenler, S. M., Lake F. K., Tripp, W., McCovey, K., Tripp, A., Hillman, L. G., Dunn, C. J., Prichard, S. J. Hessburg, P. F., Harling, W., & Bailey, J. D. 2024. Blending Indigenous and western science: quantifying cultural burning impacts in Karuk aboriginal territory. Ecological Applications 34(4):e2973. https://doi.org/10.1002/eap.2973.
Hankins, D. L. (2024). Climate resilience through ecocultural stewardship. Proc. Nat. Acad. Sci, 121(32):e2310072121.
Klimaszewski-Patterson, A., Morgan, C. T., & Mensing, S. 2021. Identifying a pre-Columbian Anthropocene in California, Annals of the American Association of Geographers 111:784-794. https://doi.org/10.1080/24694452.2020.1846488.
Long, J. W., Lake, F. K., & Goode, R. W. (2021). The importance of Indigenous cultural burning in forested regions of the Pacific West, USA. Forest Ecology and Management, 500(3):119597.
Mishima, C. (2020). A Comprehensive Look at the Benefits of Traditional Ecological Knowledge of Native American Indigenous Communities for Fire Management Practices in Northern California. Master’s thesis. University of San Francisco. San Francisco.
TERA. Tribal EcoRestoration Alliance. https://www.tribalecorestoration.org.
Geological maps in this book are compilations of multiple geology maps, drawn from the following sources. Many of these maps can be found online at the USGS’s National Geographic Map Database (https://ngmdb.usgs.gov/mapview).
Blake, M. C., Graymer, R. W., & Stamski, R. E. (2002). Geologic Map and Map Database of western Sonoma, Northernmost Marin, and Southernmost Mendocino Counties, California. USGS Miscellaneous Field Studies Map, MF-2402.
Blake, M. C., Helley, E. J., Jayko, A. S., Jones, D. L., & Ohlin, H. N. (1992). Geologic Map of the Willows 1:100,000 Quadrangle, California. USGS Open-File Report, 92-271.
Brice, J. C. (1953). Geology of the Lower Lake Quadrangle, California. Bulletin B-166. California Division of Mines and Geology. Sacramento, California.
Brown, R. D. (1964). Geologic Map of the Stonyford Quadrangle, Glenn, Colusa, and Lake Counties, California. USGS Mineral Investigations Field Studies Map MF-279. Map Scale: 1:48,000.
Brown, R. D., & Rich, E. I. (1961). Geologic Map of the Lodoga Quadrangle, Glenn and Colusa Counties, California. Map Scale: 1:48,000. USGS Oil and Gas Investigations, Map OM-210.
Delattre, M. P., Sowers, J. M., & Guitierrez, C. I. (2006). Geologic Map of Capell Valley 7. 5’ Quadrangle Napa and Solano Counties, California: A digital database. California Geological Survey preliminary geologic map. California Division of Mines and Geology. Sacramento, California.
Fox, Jr., K. F., Sims, J. D., Bartow, J. A., & Helley, E. J. (1973). Preliminary Geologic Map of Eastern Sonoma County and Western Napa County, California. USGS Miscellaneous Field Studies Map 483.
Graymer, R. D., Jones, D. L., & Brabb, E. E. (2002). Geologic Map and Map Database of Northeastern San Francisco Bay Region, California. Most of Solano County and Parts of Napa, Marin, Contra Costa, San Joaquin, Sacramento, Yolo, and Sonoma Counties. USGS Miscellaneous Field Studies Map, MF-2403.
Graymer, R. W., Brabb, E. E., Jones, D. L., Barnes, J., Nicholson, R. S., & Stamski, R. E. (2007). Geologic Map and Map Database of Eastern Sonoma and Western Napa Counties, California. USGS Scientific Investigations, Map 2956.
Hearn, B. C., Donnelly-Noland, J. M., & Goff, F. E. (1995). Geologic Map and Structure Sections of the Clear Lake Volcanics, Northern California. USGS Miscellaneous Investigations Map I–2362.
McLaughlin, R. J., Moring, B. C., Hitchcock, C. S., & Valin, Z. C. (2018). Framework Geologic Map and Structure Sections Along the Bartlett Springs Fault Zone and Adjacent Areas from Round Valley to Wilbur Springs, Northern Coast Ranges, California. Pamphlet to accompany USGS Scientific Investigations Map 3395. ver. 1. 1. USGS, in Cooperation with Pacific Gas and Electric Company.
McLaughlin, R. J., Ohlin, H. N., Thormahlen, D. J., Jones, D., Miller, J. W., & Biome, C. D. (1990). Geologic Map and Structure Sections of the Little Indian Valley-Wilbur Springs Geothermal Area, Northern Coast Ranges, California. USGS Miscellaneous Investigations Series, Map 1-1706.
Melosh B.L., Bodtker J.W., Valin Z.C. 2024. Geologic Map and Structure Sections Along the Southern Part of the Bartlett Springs Fault Zone and Adjacent Areas from Cache Creek to Lake Berryessa, northern Coast Ranges, California. USGS Scientific Investigations Map 3514.
Ohlin H.N., McLaughlin R.J., Moring B.C., Sawyer T.L. 2010. Geologic Map of the Bartlett Springs Fault Zone in the Vicinity of Lake Pillsbury and Adjacent Areas of Mendocino, Lake, and Glenn Counties, California. USGS Open-File Report 2010–1301, scale 1:30,000.
Rich, E. I. (1971). Geologic Map of the Wilbur Springs Quadrangle, Colusa and Lake Counties, California. USGS Miscellaneous Geologic Investigations, Map 1-538.
Sims, J. D., Fox, Jr., K. F., Bartow, J. A., & Helley, E. J. (1973). Preliminary Geologic Map of Solano County and Parts of Napa, Contra Costa, Marin, and Yolo counties, California. USGS Miscellaneous Field Studies Map 484.
Wagner, D. L., & Bortugno, E. J. (1982). Geologic Map of the Santa Rosa Quadrangle, California. Scale 1:250,000. California Division of Mines and Geology. Sacramento, California.
Wagner, D. L., & Bortugno, E. J. (1982). Geologic Map of the Santa Rosa Quadrangle. Regional Geologic Map RGM-2A. Scale: 1:250,000. California Division of Mines and Geology. Sacramento, California.
Wagner, D. L., & Gutierrez, C. I. (2010). Geologic Map of the Napa 30′ x 60′ Quadrangle, California. Preliminary Geologic Maps PGM-10-05. Scale: 1:100,000. California Geological Survey. California Division of Mines and Geology. Sacramento, California.
Wagner, D. L., & Gutierrez, C. I. (2017). Preliminary Geologic Map of the Napa and Bodega Bay 30’ X 60’ Quadrangles, California. California Division of Mines and Geology. Sacramento, California.
Wagner, D. L., & Saucedo, G. J. (1984). Geologic structure in the Capay Hills, Yolo County, California. California Geology, 37(2):23-27.
Wagner, D. L., Jennings, C. W., Bedrossian, T. L., & Bortugno, E. J. (1981). Geologic Map of the Sacramento Quadrangle, California, 1:250,000, Regional Geologic Map 1A, scale 1:250,000. California Division of Mines and Geology. Sacramento, California.
Wiegers, M. O., Sowers, J. M., Witter, R. C., & Gutierrez, C. I. (2007). Geologic Map of the Mt. Vaca 7. 5’ Quadrangle, Solano, Napa, and Yolo Counties, California: A digital database. California Division of Mines and Geology. Sacramento, California.
Geological information in the road guides of Chapters 6 and 7 benefited greatly from detailed road logs that geologists have created in the past, often in association with geological conferences:
Berkland, J. O. (1978). Road log of the Great Valley Sequence. In AAPG, Castle Steam Field, Great Valley Sequence: Fieldtrip Guidebook, April 29, 1978. pp. 26-32. American Association of Petroleum Geologists.
Dickinson, W. R., & Rich, E. I. (1978). Road log from Winters to Moskowits Corners via Monticello Dam on Putah Creek. In Geologic Guide to the Northern California Coast Ranges Sacramento to Bodega Bay: Annual field trip guidebook of the Geological Society of Sacramento. pp. 169-171. Geological Society of Sacramento. Sacramento, California.
Emerson, D., & Rich, E. I. (1966). Field trip—Sacramento Valley and northern Coast Ranges. In Bailey, E. H. (Ed.), Geology of Northern California. Bulletin 190. pp. 473-485. California Division of Mines and Geology. Sacramento, California.
Goff, F., & Guthrie, G. (1999). Field trip Guide to Serpentinite, Silica-Carbonate Alteration, and Related Hydrothermal Activity In the Clear Lake Region, California. Los Alamos National Laboratory. Los Alamos, New Mexico.
Graham, S. A. (1981). Stratigraphic and depositional patterns and hydrocarbon occurrence, Sacramento Valley, California. In S. Graham (Ed.), Field guide to the Mesozoic-Cenozoic Convergent Margin of Northern California. pp. 42-58. American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Pacific Section. Camarillo, California.
Hauge, C., Kramer, C., Berkland, J., & Matthews, R. (1972). Field trip log. In Moores, E. M. and Matthews, R. A. (Edits.), Geologic Guide to the Northern Coast Ranges – Lake, Sonoma, and Mendocino Counties, California. Annual field trip guidebook. 136 pages. Geological Society of Sacramento. Sacramento, California.
Higgins, C. C. (1984). Cache Creek Canyon: Geological field guide No. 2. A self-guiding excursion. Davis, California.
Ingersoll, R. V. (1981). Petrofacies, Lithofacies and submarine-fan facies of the Great Valley Group (Sequence). In S. A. Graham (Ed.), Field Guide to the Mesozoic-Cenozoic Convergent Margin of Northern California. GB 50. pp. 59-69. American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Pacific Section. Camarillo, California.
Ingersoll, R. V., Rich, E. E., & Dickinson, W. R. (1977). Field Guide. Great Valley Sequence, Sacramento Valley, Field Trip No. 8. Annual Meeting of the Cordilleran Section of the Geological Society of America, 73rd, Sacramento, California.
Ingersoll, R., & Graham, S. A. (1981). Field trip road log: Great Valley Group submarine fan facies and Sacramento Valley forearc gas province(Part II), Sacramento to Moskowits Corner. In Field Guide to the Mesozoic- Cenozoic Convergent Margin of Northern California. pp. 83-88. American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Pacific Section. Camarillo, California.
Ingersoll, R., & Nilsen, T. H. (1990). Sacramento Valley Symposium and Guidebook. Pacific Section of the Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists. Los Angeles.
Irwin, W. P. (1960). Geologic Reconnaissance of the Northern Coast Ranges and Klamath Mountains, California, With A Summary of the Mineral Resources. California Division of Mines, Bulletin 179.
Kleist, J. R. (1981). Field trip road log: Franciscan Complex and associated rocks, Moskowits corner to San Francisco. In S. A. Graham (Ed.), Field Guide to the Mesozoic-Cenozoic Convergent Margin of Northern California. GB 50. pp. 99-118. American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Pacific Section. Camarillo, California.
Kramer, C. (1978). Geologic Guide to the Northern California Coast Ranges: Sacramento to Bodega Bay. Annual field trip guidebook. Geological Society of Sacramento. Sacramento, California.
Moores, E. (Ed.). (1972). Geologic Guide to the Northern Coast Ranges: Lake, Mendocino and Sonoma counties, California. Annual field trip guidebook. Geological Society of Sacramento, California.
Moores, E., & Lipps, J. H. (1971). Geologic Guide to the Northern Coast Ranges: Point Reyes, California. Annual field trip guidebook. Geological Society of Sacramento. Sacramento, California.
Moores, E., & Matthews, R. A. (1993). Geology and Tectonics of the Southwestern Sacramento Valley and Adjacent Coast Ranges, Sacramento Valley. Northern California Geological Society Field Trip Guidebooks. Northern California Geological Society. Sacramento, California.
Moyle, P. (2003). The Putah-Cache Bioregion Project: Stebbins Cold Canyon Reserve and Putah Creek. University of California, Davis.
Oakeshott, G. B., Church, C. C., Cross, C. M., Jackson, A., Klein, I. E., Solari, A. J., & Turner, M. D. (1954). Spring Field Trip, May 7-8. Northern California Geological Society. Sacramento, California.
Phipps, S. P. (1992). Late Cenozoic tectonic wedging and blind thrusting beneath the Sacramento Valley and eastern Coast Ranges, Day 2. In M. C. Erskine, J. Unruh, W. R. Lettis, & J. A. Bartow (Edits.), Field Guide to the Tectonics of the Boundary between the California Coast Ranges and the Great Valley of California. Guidebook – Pacific Section, American Association of Petroleum Geologists. pp 63-83. American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Pacific Section. Camarillo, California.
Phipps, S. P., & Unruh, J. R. (1992). Crustal-scale wedging beneath an imbricate roof-thrust system. Geology of a transect across the Western Sacramento Valley and Northern Coast Ranges, California. In M. C. Erskine (Ed.), Field Guide to the Tectonics of the Boundary between the California Coast Ranges and the Great Valley of California. pp.117-140. American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Pacific Section. Camarillo, California.
Rich, E. I., & Ingersoll, R. V. (1975). Western Margin Sacramento Valley. Clear Lake Area, field trip – May 10-11, 1975. Northern California Geological Society. Sacramento, California.
Rytuba, J. J., Donnelly-Nolan, J. M., & McLaughlin, R. J. (1993). Day Three. Hot springs and deposits of mercury and gold in the Clear Lake Volcanic Field: Road log. In J. J. Rytuba (Ed.), Active Geothermal Systems and Gold-Mercury Deposits In the Sonoma-Clear Lake Volcanic Fields. Guidebook Series 16. pp. 270-287. California Society of Economic Geologists. Littleton, Colorado.
Cache Formation
Rymer, M. J. (1981). Stratigraphic Revision of the Cache Formation (Pliocene and Pleistocene), Lake County, California. USGS Geological Survey Bulletin 1502-C. Washington, DC.
Rymer, M. J., Roth, B., Platt Bradbury, J., & Forester, R. M. (1988). Depositional Environments of the Cache, Lower Lake, and Kelseyville Formations, Lake County, California. Special Paper of the Geological Society of America, 214:45-61.
Capay Formation and Princeton Submarine Valley
Baker, P. (1975). A Re-Interpretation of the Eocene Capay Formation, Yolo County, California. Master’s thesis. Stanford University. Palo Alto, California.
Redwine, L. E. (1984). The Tertiary Princeton Submarine Valley System beneath the Sacramento Valley, California. In A. A. Almgren, & P. D. Hacker, Paleogene submarine canyons of the Sacramento Valley, California. AAPG 1984 Annual Meeting Symposium. pp. 53-80. American Association of Petroleum Geologists, Pacific Section. Camarillo, California.
Coast Range Ophiolite
Dickinson, W. R., Hopson, C. A., & Saleeby, J. (1996). Alternate origins of the Coast Range Ophiolite (California); introduction and implications. GSA Today, 6(2):1-10.
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Phipps, S. P. (1984). Ophiolitic olistostromes in the basal Great Valley sequence, Napa County, northern California Coast Ranges. Geological Society of America Special Paper 198:103-124.
Wakabayashi, J., Ghatak, A., & Basu, A. R. (2010). Suprasubduction-zone ophiolite generation, emplacement, and initiation of subduction: A perspective from geochemistry, metamorphism, geochronology, and regional geology. GSA Bulletin, 122(9/10):1548–1568.
Franciscan Complex
Ernst, W. (2015). Franciscan geologic history constrained by tectonic/olistostromal high-grade metamafic blocks in the iconic California Mesozoic-Cenozoic accretionary complex. American Mineralogist, 100(1):6-13.
MacPherson, G. J. (1983). The Snow Mountain Volcanic Complex: An on-land seamount in the Franciscan terrane, California. The Journal of Geology, 91(1):73-92.
Mulcahy, S. R., Starnes, J. K., Coble, M. A., & Vervoort, J. D. (2018). Early onset of Franciscan subduction. Tectonics, 37:1194-1209.
Schemman, K., Unruh, J. R., & Moores, E. M. (2007). Kinematics of Franciscan Complex exhumation: New insights from the geology of Mount Diablo, California. GSA Bulletin, 120(5/6):543–555.
Wakabayashi, J. (2015). Anatomy of a subduction complex: architecture of the Franciscan Complex, California, at multiple length and time scales. International Geology Review, 57(5-8):669-746.
Great Valley Group
Bartow, A. J., & Nilsen, T. H. (1990). Review of the Great Valley sequence, Eastern Diablo Range and Northern San Joaquin Valley, Central California. USGS Open File Report, 90-226. 25 pp.
Ingersoll, R. V. (1999). Post-1968 research on the Great Valley Group. In E. M. Moores, D. Sloan, & D. L. Stout (Edits.), Classic Cordilleran Concepts: A View from California. Geological Society of America Special Paper 338:155-160.
Ingersoll, R. V., & Dickinson, W. R. (1981). Great Valley Group (sequence). In V. Frizzell (Ed.), Upper Mesozoic Franciscan Rocks and Great Valley Sequence, Central Coast Ranges, California (Annual Meeting, Pacific Section SEPM field trips 1 and 4). pp. 1-33. Pacific Section, Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists.
Lovejoy Basalt
Coe, R. S., Stock, G. M., Lyons, J. J., Beitler, B., & Bowen, G. J. (2005). Yellowstone hotspot volcanism in California? A paleomagnetic test of the Lovejoy flood basalt hypothesis. Geology, 33:697-700.
Durrell, C., 1959. The Lovejoy Formation of northern California. University of California Publications in Geological Sciences, v. 34:193–220.
Garrison, N. J., Busby, C. J., Gans, P. B., Putirka, K., & Wagner, D. L. (2008). A mantle plume beneath California? The mid-Miocene Lovejoy Flood Basalt, northern California. Special Paper of the Geological Society of America, (438):551-572.
Siegel, D. (1988). Stratigraphy of the Putnam Peak Basalt and Correlation to the Lovejoy Formation, California. M. S. thesis. California State University, Hayward, California.
Serpentinite and Serpentine Mud Volcanoes
Barnes, J. D., Eldam, R., Lee, C. -T. A., Errico, J. C., Loewy, S., & Cisneros, M. (2013). Petrogenesis of serpentinites from the Franciscan Complex, western California, USA. Lithos, 178:143-157.
Carlson, C. (1981). Sedimentary Serpentinites of the Wilbur Springs Area: A possible early Cretaceous structural link between the Franciscan Complex and the Great Valley sequence. M. S. thesis. Stanford University. Stanford, California.
Fryer, P., Lockwood, J., Becker, N., & Phipps, S. P. (2000). Significance of serpentine mud volcanism in convergent margins. In Y. Dilek, E. M. Moores, D. Elthon, & A. Nicolas (Eds.), Ophiolites and Oceanic Crust. GSA Special Paper 349. pp. 35-52. Geological Society of America.
Shervais, J. W., Choi, S. H., Sharp, W. D., Ross, J., Zoglman-Schuman, M., & Mukasa, S. B. (2011). Serpentinite matrix mélange: Implications of mixed provenance for mélange formation. Geological Society of America, 480:1-28.
Wakabayashi, J. (2004). Contrasting settings of serpentinite bodies, San Francisco Bay Area, California: Derivation from the subducting plate vs. mantle hanging wall? International Geology Review, 46(12):1103-1118.
Wakabayashi, J. (2012). Subducted sedimentary serpentinite mélanges: Record of multiple burial–exhumation cycles and subduction erosion. Tectonophysics, 568-569:230-247.
Wakabayashi, J. (2017). Sedimentary serpentinite and chaotic units of the lower Great Valley Group forearc basin deposits, California: updates on distribution and characteristics. International Geology Review, 59(5-6):599-620.
Wakabayashi, J. (2019). Sedimentary compared to tectonically-deformed serpentinites and tectonic serpentinite mélanges at outcrop to petrographic scales: Unambiguous and disputed examples from California. Gondwana Research, 74:51-67.
Sonoma Volcanics and Putah Tuff
Poletski, S. J. (2010). The Nomlaki Tuff Eruption: Chemical correlation of a widespread Pliocene stratigraphic marker. M. S. thesis. California State University. Sacramento, California.
Sarna-Wojcicki, A. M. (1976). Correlation of Late Cenozoic tuffs in the Central Coast Ranges of California by Means of Trace- and Minor-Element Chemistry. USGS. Washington, DC.
Sarna-Wojcicki, A. M., Deino, A. L., Fleck, R. J., McLaughlin, R. J., Wagner, D., Wan, E., Perkins, M. (2011). Age, composition, and areal distribution of the Pliocene Lawlor Tuff, and three younger Pliocene tuffs, California and Nevada. Geosphere, 7(3):599-628.
Sweetkind, D. S., Rytuba, J. J., Langenheim, V. E., & Fleck, R. J. (2011). Geology and geochemistry of volcanic centers within the eastern half of the Sonoma volcanic field, northern San Francisco Bay region, California. Geosphere, 7(3):629-657.
Clear Lake Volcanics
Hearn, B. C., McLaughlin, R. J., & Donnelly-Nolan, J. (1988). Tectonic framework of the Clear Lake Basin, California. Geological Society of America Special Paper 214, pp. 9-20.
Donnelly-Nolan, J. M., Hearn, B. C., Curtis, G. H., & Drake, R. E. (1981). Geochronology and evolution of the Clear Lake volcanics.. In R. J. McLaughlin, & J. M. Donnelly-Nolan (Edits.). Research in the Geysers-Clear Lake Geothermal Area, Northern California. pp. 47–60. USGS Professional Paper 1141.
USGS. (2010). Geologic History of the Clear Lake Region In the Northern California Coast Ranges. Clear Lake Volcanic Field. https://www.usgs.gov/volcanoes/clear-lake-volcanic-field/geologic-history-clear-lake-region-northern-california-coast.
Tectonics
Atwater, T., & Stock, J. (1998). Pacific-North America plate tectonics of the Neogene Southwestern United States – An update. International Geological Review, 40:375-402.
Harwood, D. S., & Helley, E. J. (1987). Late Cenozoic Tectonism of the Sacramento Valley, California. USGS Professional Paper 1359.
Ingersoll, R. V. (1982). Initiation and evolution of the Great Valley forearc basin of northern and central California. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 10:459-467.
Cassel, E. J., Smith, M. E., & Jicha, B. R. (2018). The impact of slab rollback on Earth’s Surface: Uplift and Extension in the Hinterland of the North American Cordillera. Geophysical Research Letters, 45:10,996–11,004.
Constenius, K. N., Johnson, R. A., Dickinson, W. R., & Williams, T. A. (2000). Tectonic evolution of the Jurassic-Cretaceous Great Valley forearc, California: Implications for the Franciscan thrust-wedge hypothesis. Geological Society of America Bulletin, 112(11):1703-1723.
Dickinson, W. R. (2008). Accretionary Mesozoic–Cenozoic expansion of the Cordilleran continental margin in California and adjacent Oregon. Geosphere, 4(2):329–353.
Ernst, W. (2015). Review of Late Jurassic-Early Miocene sedimentation and plate-tectonic evolution of Northern California: Illuminating example of an accretionary margin. Chin J Geochem, 34:123-142.
Furlong, K. P., & Schwartz, S. Y. (2004). Influence of the Mendocino Triple Junction on the tectonics of Coastal California. Annual Review of Earth and Planetary Annual Review of Earth and Planetary, 32:403–433.
McKenzie, K. A., Furlong, K. P., & Kirby, E. (2022). Mid-Miocene to Present upper-plate deformation of the Southern Cascadia Forearc: Effects of the superposition of subduction and transform tectonics. Front. Earth Sci., 10:832515.
McLaughlin, R. J., & Nilsen, T. H. (2006). Neogene non‐marine sedimentation and tectonics in small pull‐apart basins of the San Andreas fault system, Sonoma County, California. Sedimentology, 29(6):865-876.
Moores, E., Wakabayashi, J., & Unruh, J. R. (2002). Crustal-scale cross-section of the U.S. Cordillera, California and beyond, its tectonic significance, and speculations on the Andean Orogeny. International Geology Review, 44:479–500.
Moores, E., Wakabayashi, J., Unruh, J. R., & Waechter, S. (2006). A Transect Spanning 500 Million Years of Active Plate Margin History: Outline and field trip guide. Field Guide 7. Geological Society of America.
Shervais, J. W. (2001). Birth, Death, and Resurrection: the life cycle of suprasubduction zone ophiolites. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 2 (Paper Number 2000GC000080).
Sigloch, K., & Mihalynuk, M. G. (2013). Intra-oceanic subduction shaped the assembly of Cordilleran North America. Nature, 496:50-57.
Unruh, J. R., Dumitru, T. A., & Sawyer, T. L. (2007). Coupling of early Tertiary extension in the Great Valley forearc basin with blueschist exhumation in the underlying Franciscan accretionary wedge at Mount Diablo, California. GSA Bulletin, 119(11/12):1347–1367.
Seismic Data and Monitoring
NCEDC. (2014). Northern California Seismic Network Stations. Northern California Earthquake Data Center. UC Berkeley Seismological Laboratory. Dataset. https://www.ncedc.org/ncsn.
UNAVCO. (2023). GNSS Permanent Station Data Access Notebook. Network of the Americas. Earthscope Consortium. UNAVCO geophysics sensor network. https://www.unavco.org/data/gps-gnss/data-access-methods/gnss-data-access-notebooks/gnss-permanent-station-data-access-notebook.html
USGS. (1996). Database of Potential Sources for Earthquakes Larger Than Magnitude 6 In Northern California. By the Working Group on Northern California Earthquake Potential. USGS Open-File Report 96-705. https://pubs.usgs.gov/of/1996/0705.
Major Faults
Bartlett Springs Fault Zone
Langenheim, V. E., McLaughlin, R. J., & Melosh, B. L. (2024). Integrated geologic and geophysical modeling across the Bartlett Springs fault zone, northern California (USA): Implications for fault creep and regional structure. Geosphere 20(1):129–151.
Lozos, J.C., Harris, R.A., Murray, J.R., and Lienkaemper, J.J. 2015. Dynamic rupture models of earthquakes on the Bartlett Springs Fault, Northern California. Geophysical Research Letters 42:4343–4349. https://doi.org/10.1002/2015GL063802.
Moore, D. E., McLaughlin, R. J., & Lienkaemper, J. J. (2018). Serpentinite-rich gouge in a creeping segment of the Bartlett Springs Fault, Northern California: Comparison with SAFOD and implications for seismic hazards. Tectonics, 37:4515-4534.
Schneider, Bob and Roberts, Chad. (April 13, 2025). Close to Home: A seismic threat to Scott Dam. https://www.pressdemocrat.com/article/opinion/sonoma-county-lake-pillsbury-potter-valley-scott-dam/.
Also refer to Maps above by McLaughlin, et.al. (2018); Melosh, et.al. (2024); and Ohlin, et.al. (2010)
Berryessa and Green Valley Zone
Lienkaemper, J. J. (2012). Recently Active Traces of the Berryessa Fault and Adjacent Sections of the Green Valley Fault Zone, California: A Digital Database. USGS Data Series 710. Reston, VA. https://pubs.usgs.gov/ds/710.
Lienkaemper, J. J. (2012). The 130-km-long Green Valley Fault Zone of Northern California: Discontinuities regulate its earthquake recurrence. Poster S21B-2436. 2012 Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union. San Francisco.
Lienkaemper, J. J., Baldwin, J. N., Turner, R., Sickler, R. R., & Brown, J. (2013). A record of large earthquakes during the past two millennia on the southern Green Valley Fault, California. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 103(4):2386–2403.
Great Valley Thrust Fault System
Bryant, W. A. (2017). Great Valley Thrust Fault System. In USGS Quaternary fault and fold database of the United States. https://earthquakes.usgs.gov/hazards/qfaults.
Trexler, C. C., Morelan, A. E., Catchings, R., Goldman, M., & Willard, J. (2022). Evidence of active Quaternary deformation on the Great Valley Fault System near Winters, Northern California. The Seismic Record, 2(4):248–259.
Unruh, J. R., & Moores, E. M. (1992). Quaternary blind thrusting in the southwestern Sacramento Valley, California. Tectonics, 11(2):192-203.
Maacama Fault
Delattre MP, Rubin RS. 2020. Preliminary Geologic Map of the Ukiah 7.5’ Quadrangle, Mendocino County California, Version 1.0. California Geological Survey, Sacramento. https://filerequest.conservation.ca.gov/?q=Preliminary-Geologic-Map-Ukiah-24k-v1.0.pdf.
McLaughlin RJ, Sarna-Wojcicki AM, Wagner DL, Fleck RJ, Langenheim VE, Jachens RC, Clahan K, Allen JR. 2012. Evolution of the Rodgers Creek–Maacama right-lateral fault system and associated basins east of the northward-migrating Mendocino Triple Junction, northern California. Geosphere 8(2):342-373. https://doi.org/10.1130/GES00682.1.
Melosh BL, McLaughlin RJ., Ohlin HN. 2024. The geometry of fault reactivation and uplift along the central part of the Maacama Fault Zone, Northern California Coast Ranges (USA). Geosphere 20(6):1511-1532. https://doi.org/10.1130/GES02750.1.
Prentice CS, Larsen MC, Kelsey HM, Zachariasen J. 2014. Late Holocene slip rate and ages of prehistoric earthquakes along the Maacama Fault near Willits, Mendocino County, Northern California. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America 104(6):2966-2984. https://doi.org/10.1785/0120140003.
Vacaville-Winters Earthquakes
Bennett, J. H. (1987). Vacaville-Winters Earthquakes. 1892. California Geology, 40(4):75-83.
Cowen, R., Cooper, J., & Cooper, R. (1992). The Quakes of ’92: the history and geological background of the Vacaville-Winters earthquakes of 1892. Seismic Press. Davis, California.
O’Connell, D. R., Unruh, J. R., & Block, L. V. (2001). Source characterization and ground-motion modeling of the 1892 Vacaville-Winters earthquake sequence, California. Seismological Society of America Bulletin, 91:1471-1497.
