Vichy Springs, California

Vichy Springs, California

Vichy Springs is a small unincorporated community in Napa County, California. ["Napa Quadrangle, 7.5 Minute Series", U.S. Geological Survey, Government Printing Office, Washington DC] [ [http://www.topoquest.com/map.asp?lon=-122.26&lat=38.3378 TopoQuest Map displaying Vichy Springs] ] Vichy Springs is situated south of the Silverado Country Club and Milliken Creek on Montecello Road a few miles northeast of Napa.

Vichy Springs and most of the surrounding lands had once been part of the Mexican land grant called Rancho Yajome, which had been granted to the Mexican General Mariano G. Vallejo. Most of this watershed was wilderness area to at least 1869, and thereafter this portion of the Milliken Creek watershed, which historically and to present has a robust steelhead run, was developed as pasture and grazing agricultural uses. [Earth Metrics Incorporated, "Phase I Environmental Site Assessment, Silverado Country Club, Napa County, California", May, 1989 ]

The ZIP Code is 94558. The community is inside area code 707.

Other uses of the name

There is a carbonated hot springs named "Vichy Springs" in Ukiah, California.

Politics

In the state legislature Vichy Springs is located in the 2nd Senate District, represented by Democrat Pat Wiggins, and in the 7th Assembly District, represented by Democrat Noreen Evans. Federally, Vichy Springs is located in California's 1st congressional district.

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