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Yountville, in short

Is my street in the Hopper Creek flood area?

The Town’s page says Hopper Creek may overflow its banks at Oak Circle and Heather and flow east along Oak Circle to the Beard Ditch at the edge of Vineyard Park. The homes have not historically flooded or been damaged, it says, but the streets in front of them will flood and be impassable for a period of time.

The story of Yountville

Yountville, halfway between Napa and St. Helena on Highway 29, with the Veterans Home west of the highway.

Yountville is named for George Yount, and rail service reached it in 1868. By 1874 Gottlieb Groezinger had built a winery, barrel room and distillery in the middle of town, the Veterans Home was established in 1884, and the town incorporated in 1965.

The Town’s history page says George Yount named the village Yountville.

Rail service arrived in 1868, the Town’s history page says, and helped shape Yountville’s development.

Around that time, the Town says, German immigrant Gottlieb Groezinger purchased 20 acres in the center of town, and by 1874 he had built a winery, barrel room and distillery.

The State’s landmark text says the Veterans Home was established in 1884 by Mexican War veterans and members of the Grand Army of the Republic.

The restaurant group’s own account says the river-rock building that is now The French Laundry was built as a saloon in 1900 by a Scottish stonemason, later served as a residence, and in the 1920s operated as a French steam laundry.

A paper the Town links on its Veterans Home page says Col. Nelson M. Holderman, who was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor and the California Medal for Valor for his actions in October 1918, was appointed commandant of the home in 1926 and served until his death in 1953.

The National Register nomination form says the Yountville Grammar School, now Town Hall, was constructed in the early 1920s, and calls it a rare example of Mission/Spanish Colonial Revival style architecture in Yountville and Napa County.

The Town’s history page says Yountville incorporated as a California municipality in 1965, and the Town celebrated the 60th anniversary of incorporation in 2025.

The Town says the mural “The Memory of a Tree”, at the entry to town under the California Drive underpass, was completed in April 2017.

Read the full story of Yountville

Fire safety

The Town adopted the State’s fire zone designations

The Town’s page on the State’s 2025 fire hazard maps says Yountville falls within a Local Responsibility Area, meaning the Town is responsible for adopting and enforcing fire hazard zoning regulations. The Town Council’s record shows that it adopted the fire hazard severity zone designations recommended by the State Fire Marshal for the Town by Ordinance Number 25-533, on the consent calendar of June 17, 2025, which the minutes show passed 5 to 0.

Council agenda and minutes of June 17, 2025, read in Chrome Oct 26 2026

What the State’s map shows for the town

Read from the State’s own map (the classes of the Fire Hazard Severity Zone map dated March 24, 2025), parts of the town read Very High, parts High and parts Moderate, and the rest is non-wildland land. That is our own reading of the map’s online layer, and it says nothing about any one home or street; the State’s lookup answers that, as the next item says.

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State-wide Find your own address on the State’s map

The State Fire Marshal’s page says, “You can enter your address to locate your property on a map showing Fire Hazard Severity Zones.” For a local area, the page says, “Contact your local jurisdiction for information on a specific area that is located in the Local Responsibility Area.”

State page read Oct 20 2026

State-wide What State law names

State law puts the defensible-space duty on a person who owns, leases, controls, operates, or maintains an “occupied dwelling or occupied structure within a very high fire hazard severity zone designated by the local agency” (Government Code 51182), and the Board of Forestry adopts the rules that carry it out.

Statute read Oct 20 2026

The fire code

In November 2025 the Town adopted the 2025 California Fire Code by reference, with the Town’s additions (Ordinance 25-538, adopted November 4, 2025). The Town’s additions are an automatic sprinkler requirement in the cases its code lists, and a rule for tents.

Ordinance 25-538, adopted Nov 4, 2025

Clear the land

The Town’s Code Compliance page lists “Weed Abatement and Coordination with Napa County Fire” among its programs, and the Town’s page says the County Fire Marshal’s Office administers the County’s Defensible Space Program, which enforces state requirements and local ordinances aimed at reducing wildfire risk. Grass must be trimmed.

Pages undated, read Oct 26 2026

Burning needs a permit

The Town’s code makes it unlawful to set a fire out of doors, except for barbecues and food smokers, between May 1 and the close of fire season without first obtaining a fire permit from the Fire Control Authority.

Code read in Chrome Oct 26 2026

Zone 0, the State’s rule

The State’s Zone 0 rule was adopted by the Board of Forestry; it is in final review with the Office of Administrative Law, and no effective date is known. This is the status on our standing check of October 22, 2026.

Standing check of Oct 22 2026

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Yountville this month

Storm season: the Town’s page says the sandbag filling station has moved to the gravel parking lot south of Veterans Park on Washington Street.

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Culture and history

The Art Walk

The Town’s Art Walk page says each sculpture has an identification plaque with a QR code, and the Town offers a one or two hour walking tour.

Page undated, read Oct 26 2026

The Town’s gallery

The Town’s gallery page says the gallery at the Community Center hosts up to six exhibits each year, and the Town’s Events page lists an annual Youth Art Show.

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PHOTO FINISH Napa Valley

The Town’s Events page says the fourth annual PHOTO FINISH Napa Valley open photography exhibition will open on Thursday, February 4, 2027, at the gallery in the Community Center, and continue to Thursday, March 25, 2027.

Page prints the 2027 dates; read Oct 26 2026

Napa Valley Museum Yountville

The museum says it moved to Yountville in 1988, on land leased from the State of California on the grounds of the Veterans Home, opened there in 1998 and took its present name in 2017. Its three galleries host exhibitions, programs and community events and house its permanent collection of Napa Valley artwork, artifacts and objects.

Pages undated, read Oct 26 2026

The Yountville Mile

The Napa Valley Vine Trail Coalition says the “Yountville Mile” was completed by 2012 and that in 2016, 12.5 miles connected the city of Napa to Yountville.

Construction page undated, read Oct 26 2026

The Veterans Home

The State-owned Veterans Home of California, established in 1884, lies west of Highway 29. More in The story of Yountville, below.

Town Hall

Yountville Town Hall is the former Yountville Grammar School. More in The story of Yountville, below.

Community

The Yountville Library

The Town’s page says the Yountville Library, in operation since 1977, opened at its current location in the new Yountville Community Center in March 2010, and is the smallest of four in the Napa County Library system. The Friends of the Yountville group was organized in 1987 to support it.

Page undated, read Oct 26 2026

The Community Foundation

The Town of Yountville Community Foundation was created in 2017 with the purpose of promoting and raising funds to support community-based programming that will benefit and serve the residents of the Town, its page says, including cultural arts programs such as the Public Art Walk and the Gallery at the Community Hall.

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The Farmstand Garden

The Town describes the Yountville Farmstand Garden as a thriving, community-powered space growing fresh, seasonal produce in the heart of Town, with produce sold at the Coop on Finnell Road behind Town Hall.

Page undated, read Oct 26 2026

City rules and regulations

A re-roof takes a permit and inspections

A permit and inspections apply. The Town’s code says anyone desiring to perform work regulated by the building codes shall secure permits and pay fees, and the Town’s building-permit handout lists “permits consisting solely of reroofing” among the kinds of permit.

Code read in Chrome Oct 26 2026; handout revised 07/23/2025

Inspections

The Town’s page says inspections are available Tuesdays and Thursdays (hours subject to change), in a morning window from 9 am to 12 pm or an afternoon window from 1 pm to 4 pm, and that all permits require a final inspection.

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No wood shingles or shakes

The Town’s code says, “Wood shingles and shakes are not permitted for use in roof assemblies for any buildings or structures.”

Code read in Chrome Oct 26 2026

Downspouts and the sewer

The Town’s code says, “No person shall connect a leader from the roof or a surface drain for rainwater to a lateral sewer.”

Code read in Chrome Oct 26 2026

Who can pull the permit

The Town’s code says its permits are issued only on the application of the holder of a contracting license issued by the State for the type of work, except that owners’ permits may be issued as provided by law.

Code read in Chrome Oct 26 2026

Rooftop solar

The Town has an automated permit, SolarAPP+, “an automated application for permitting new residential rooftop solar and storage systems”, which it offers to licensed contractors.

Page undated, read Oct 26 2026

Removing a tree

A tree removal permit is required for a heritage tree identified in the Heritage Tree Survey, a native oak with a trunk of 10 inches diameter at breast height (DBH) or more, and any tree with a trunk of 12 inches DBH or more. The Town’s code says the Planning and Building Department sends notice to all property owners within 300 feet and keeps a 10-day comment period before issuing a tree removal permit.

Code read in Chrome Oct 26 2026

Pruning protected trees

The code lists excessive pruning and topping among the prohibited maintenance practices for protected trees.

Code read in Chrome Oct 26 2026

Trees in public places

No one may “plant, move, spray, trim, remove, prune, replace, cut, or otherwise disturb” a tree in any public place without first obtaining a permit from the Planning Officer or Town Council, the code says.

Code read in Chrome Oct 26 2026

Sidewalks next to your lot

The code says the owner of a parcel that abuts a sidewalk area shall repair and maintain it, except that the Town will repair any damage to the sidewalk area caused by a Town tree.

Code read in Chrome Oct 26 2026

Old Town Historic

The Town’s plan says the Old Town Historic district applies to blocks between Washington and Yount streets, Humboldt Street and the cemetery, where new buildings must be designed to fit the local context and neighborhood character, and that the neighborhood is not a historic district in the sense of federal or State designation.

Plan released May 8, 2019

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Storms, flood and drainage

Sandbags

The Town’s page says the Yountville sandbag filling station has moved to the gravel parking lot south of Veterans Park on Washington Street, and that during a rainstorm replenishing the supply of sand and bags will become a lower priority, so it is best to plan ahead and stock up before the event. The County’s list also names a County station, the Yountville Yard on Silverado Trail, open Monday through Friday from 8 AM to 3 PM before predicted weather events, on a page updated 09/30/2026.

Town page undated; County page updated 09/30/2026; read Oct 26 2026

Hopper Creek in a big storm

In extreme storms, the Town says, Hopper Creek has been known to overflow its banks along Mulberry Street and Heather Street and flow east to Holly Street, and it has also come out of its banks at Finnell Road; with the Town’s flood mitigation work over the past decade, flooding risk in these locations has been reduced. The Town says localized flooding can last 12 to 48 hours, typically 12 to 24 hours, and that some neighborhoods have only one exit route.

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Where else water stands

The Town’s list of places that may flood includes Yount Mill Road at the cemetery, Solano Avenue near Hinman Creek, the Finnell Road neighborhood, Washington Street at California Street and the paths along Hopper Creek.

Page undated, read Oct 26 2026

If the Napa River overflows

The Town says the water will flood the vineyards east of town and come up onto properties at the eastern and southern edges of town, including along Holly Street and Vineyard Park; Yountville Cross Road will likely be closed, and CA 29 south of town has been closed in past floods.

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The flood walls

In 2006 the Town constructed flood wall barriers around two mobile home communities that had previously experienced periodic flooding from Napa River flooding events, and the Town says the walls have successfully kept water out since.

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Where the rain goes

The Town’s stormwater system directs rainwater and runoff directly to creeks, ditches and rivers, and the Town says stormwater, unlike wastewater, is not treated before entering them.

Page undated, read Oct 26 2026

Leaves and the storm drain

The Town asks property owners to place leaves in their green waste toters and not in piles in the street, storm drains or Hopper Creek, and to clear leaves and debris from the storm drains and catch basins on their property. There is additional sweeping on Fridays in the fall to pick up leaves.

Pages undated, read Oct 26 2026

How much of the town FEMA maps as flood hazard

By our own calculation from FEMA’s flood map data, about 9 percent of the town lies in a mapped area with a 1 percent annual chance of flooding and 84 percent in an area FEMA calls minimal flood hazard.

Layers queried Oct 26 2026

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Programs, loans and insurance

Hazard assessment on request

The Napa County Fire Department at Yountville will assist you in identifying hazards specific to your residence by performing Hazard Assessments upon request, the Town’s page says.

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County-wide Check back Defensible space cost share: check back

The Napa Communities Firewise Foundation’s cost share page carries the banner “Cost Share Funding Available. Apply Now”, and its FAQ says the program is currently open to all Napa County residents with homes in the High or Very High Fire Hazard Severity Zones and covers only new defensible space work.

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Check back Earthquake Brace + Bolt: check back

The California Residential Mitigation Program, a joint body, runs Earthquake Brace + Bolt, which offers up to $3,000 for homeowners to seismically retrofit a wood-framed, pre-1980 home with a raised foundation, and its 2025 ZIP list includes Yountville’s ZIP code, 94599. Registration is open for a limited time each year; the program’s page said on October 20, 2026 that it was currently closed, and invites you to sign up for updates.

Page read Oct 20 2026

Check back Cash for Grass turf rebate: check back

The Town offers cash rebates to water customers who replace water-thirsty lawn areas with low-water-use plants and permeable hardscape; its terms say funding is limited, applications are first come, first served, and the program is budgeted through June 2027, but the Town reserves the right to end it at any time.

Terms read Oct 26 2026

Check back Eye on Water leak alerts: check back

The Town’s water-conservation page says Eye on Water is free to register and will help you know if there are leaks in your home.

Page undated, read Oct 26 2026

County-wide Check back Free chipping: check back

Napa Firewise says the County and the Napa County Fire Department offer free curbside chipping, March through October, for residents in the unincorporated areas, and the pages we read do not say whether Yountville homes are served.

Pages read Oct 26 2026

State-wide Check back California Safe Homes: check back

California Safe Homes, the State’s home-hardening grant program run through the Department of Insurance, is not open: no dated State page says it is, and the Department’s 2026 press-release index lists no Safe Homes item.

Press-release index read Oct 20 2026

Insurance Flood elevation for an insurance notice

The Town says that when a resident receives a notice from their insurance carrier, it will furnish the Base Flood Elevation for their particular parcel.

Page undated, read Oct 26 2026

Who serves your home in Yountville

  • Fire: The Napa County Fire Department, under a contract between the Town and the Napa County/CAL FIRE department for fire protection and emergency medical service; the Town’s Fire page says the arrangement is between Napa County, the Town and the California Veterans Home.
  • Water: The Town’s own Water Utility Division, part of its Public Works Department. The Town’s water-quality page says its primary water source is Rector Reservoir, whose treatment facility the State’s Department of Veterans Affairs owns and operates, with the treated water purchased by the Town, and that the Town also has two connections to the City of Napa’s transmission main as a second source.
  • Sewer: The Town’s Wastewater division, whose page describes a nine-mile network of underground pipelines in the sanitary sewer collection system and a treatment plant, the Yountville Wastewater Reclamation Facility, on Solano Avenue.
  • Garbage: Upper Valley Disposal and Recycling (UVDS) provides the Town’s trash and recycling services, and the Town’s page gives Monday as the service day for residential customers.
  • Electricity: MCE lists Yountville among the Napa communities it serves, and its About page says PG&E delivers the electricity through power lines that they own.
  • Gas: PG&E; MCE’s About page says PG&E continues to provide your natural gas service.
  • Air: The Bay Area Air Quality Management District, whose page lists Napa among the nine counties it regulates.
  • Storm drains: The Town’s Public Works maintains the storm drain system, with pipe ranging in size from 4 inches to 42 inches in diameter, and the Town takes part in the Napa Countywide Stormwater Pollution Prevention Program.
  • Schools: The Napa Valley Unified School District, and the Housing Element says all school children in Yountville have access to the same three schools in the district system.

The homes of Yountville

Yountville’s median home was built in 1987, by the Census Bureau’s survey (margin of error 4 years). The State counts 1,372 homes in Yountville on January 1, 2026: 694 single detached, 171 single attached, 106 in buildings of two to four units, 103 in buildings of five or more and 298 mobile homes.

1850s

The John Lee Webber House

The Town’s plan says this house, which the State lists, dates to the 1850s and was later moved to its current location and enlarged.

1904

The Charles Rovegno House

The Town’s plan says this State-listed stone house was built in 1904.

Before 1969

Old Town and the older homes

Only about 17 percent of Yountville homes were built before 1969, the Housing Element says, from its 2015-2019 survey figures.

1970 to 1989

Homes of the 1970s and 1980s

The Housing Element says 41 percent of Yountville homes were constructed between 1970 and 1989.

Newer neighborhoods

East of Yount and Washington streets

The General Plan says the neighborhoods east of Yount and Washington are newer, and generally have a more suburban feel.

Since 1990

Newer homes and the mobile home parks

About 42 percent of Yountville homes have been built since 1990, the Housing Element says, including approximately 156 mobile homes in the two mobile home parks, which are age-restricted to 55 and above for 80 percent of their units.

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The story of Yountville

History and character

The Town’s history page says George Yount named the village Yountville.

Rail service arrived in 1868, the Town’s history page says, and helped shape Yountville’s development.

Around that time, the Town says, German immigrant Gottlieb Groezinger purchased 20 acres in the center of town, and by 1874 he had built a winery, barrel room and distillery.

The State’s landmark text says the Veterans Home was established in 1884 by Mexican War veterans and members of the Grand Army of the Republic.

The restaurant group’s own account says the river-rock building that is now The French Laundry was built as a saloon in 1900 by a Scottish stonemason, later served as a residence, and in the 1920s operated as a French steam laundry.

A paper the Town links on its Veterans Home page says Col. Nelson M. Holderman, who was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor and the California Medal for Valor for his actions in October 1918, was appointed commandant of the home in 1926 and served until his death in 1953.

The National Register nomination form says the Yountville Grammar School, now Town Hall, was constructed in the early 1920s, and calls it a rare example of Mission/Spanish Colonial Revival style architecture in Yountville and Napa County.

The Town’s history page says Yountville incorporated as a California municipality in 1965, and the Town celebrated the 60th anniversary of incorporation in 2025.

The Town says the mural “The Memory of a Tree”, at the entry to town under the California Drive underpass, was completed in April 2017.

Yountville, roof and gutters

Yountville sits in the heart of the Napa Valley, halfway between Napa and St. Helena along Highway 29, the Town’s General Plan says, with views of the Mayacamas Range to the west and the Vaca Mountains to the east from most parts of town. The town covers 1.5 square miles on both sides of the highway, with its business district and residential neighborhoods to the east and the Veterans Home to the west.

Yearly rain runs from 28.35 inches at the Sonoma station to 33.97 inches at the Saint Helena station, by NOAA’s 1991-2020 normals, with the two stations about 9.0 and 9.3 miles from Town Hall. By our own calculation from the monthly normals, about nine tenths of the yearly rain at both stations falls from November through April, and December is the wettest month at both.

Vineyards and deciduous trees surround much of the Town, the General Plan says, and the woodlands inside the town limits are in the western area of the Veterans Home property, with montane hardwood at the cemetery in the northern part of Town. The Town’s plan says it seeks to foster a vibrant and healthy mixed-species urban forest, and that the Town is a Tree City USA community.

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Landmarks and parks

Veterans Home of California
A State-owned campus west of Highway 29 with historic structures, listed as California Historical Landmark 828.

Veterans Home Chapel
Built in 1918 and, the Town’s plan says, listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

Groezinger Wine Cellars
The stone winery buildings, which operated as a winery until 1955 and are on the State’s list as Groezinger Wine Cellars.

The French Laundry
A river-rock building that the State’s list carries as French Laundry.

Town Hall
The former Yountville Grammar School, which is today’s Town Hall.

Grave of George C. Yount
California Historical Landmark 693, which the State’s text places in the George C. Yount Pioneer Cemetery at Lincoln and Jackson Streets.

The Memory of a Tree
Twin paintings, each 94 feet wide, on the abutments of the California Drive underpass beneath Highway 29, the Sun reports.

Veterans Memorial Park
The Town lists bocce courts, a sand volleyball court, an amphitheater, outdoor sculptures and open green space.

Yountville Community Park
The Town lists a playground, picnic sites, open space, outdoor sculpture and passive benches.

Vineyard Park
The Town lists a tennis court, pickleball courts, a half basketball court, outdoor fitness equipment and a view of Stags Leap and vineyards.

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The year in Yountville

FebruaryPHOTO FINISH Napa Valley opens at the Town’s gallery (2027: February 4)
AprilThe end of the wet season, November through April by NOAA’s normals
MayBurning out of doors needs a fire permit from May 1
JulyJuly is the driest month at both nearest stations
NovemberThe start of the wet season, November through April by NOAA’s normals
In the fall, extra street sweeping on Fridays to pick up leaves
DecemberDecember is the wettest month at both nearest stations

Yountville questions

What Yountville homeowners ask us

Do I need a permit to replace my roof in Yountville?

Yes. A permit and inspections apply. The Town’s code says anyone desiring to perform work the building codes regulate shall secure permits and pay fees, and every permit requires a final inspection; inspections are available Tuesdays and Thursdays, by appointment. The fees follow the Town’s Master Fee Schedule for fiscal year 2026/27, so ask the Building Division what yours comes to. If you wish, we can also pull the permit for you, as most of our customers ask us to.

Can I put a wood shake or wood shingle roof on my house in Yountville?

No. The Town’s code says, “Wood shingles and shakes are not permitted for use in roof assemblies for any buildings or structures.” The same sentence appears in two of its chapters, and the code deletes the State building code sections that would allow them.

Do I need a permit to remove a tree on my property in Yountville?

For a protected tree, yes. The Town’s code requires a tree removal permit for a heritage tree identified in the Heritage Tree Survey, a native oak with a trunk of 10 inches DBH or more, and any tree with a trunk of 12 inches DBH or more. The Town sends notice to all property owners within 300 feet and keeps a 10-day comment period before issuing the permit. Routine maintenance necessary for the health of the tree or protection of property is among the exceptions, but excessive pruning and topping of protected trees are prohibited.

Can my downspout go into the sewer in Yountville?

No. The Town’s code says, “No person shall connect a leader from the roof or a surface drain for rainwater to a lateral sewer.” It also says no person shall permit surface or subsurface drainage, rainwater, stormwater or seepage to enter a lateral sewer by any device or method.

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Map of Yountville and the places around it
Map: boundaries from the U.S. Census Bureau
Map of Yountville and the places around it
Map: boundaries from the U.S. Census Bureau

Old Town
The General Plan says the neighborhood called Old Town was the first part of town to be settled and that many of its houses are well over a century old; the Housing Element places its older single-family homes west of Yount Street.

Downtown Washington Street
The General Plan says Washington Street is the commercial center of Yountville, offering a variety of retail stores, restaurants, and lodging.

NoYo
The General Plan says downtown here includes what some people call “Noyo”, the North Yountville business district.

Vintage
A subdivision on Oak Circle with a homeowners association, the Town’s flooding page says, and the Sun’s July 16, 2026 Night Out list names the Vintage Clubhouse on Oak Circle.

Rancho de Napa
Rancho de Napa Mobile Estates is one of two age-restricted, 55-plus mobile home communities at the southern end of town, the Housing Element says.

The Veterans Home
The Housing Element says the Veterans Home features a wide range of amenities and historic structures on approximately 615 acres of State-owned land, west of Highway 29.

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