Name	Any part of the name. For instance, "Diablo".
	Feature	Limit results to a particular feature class. For instance, "Summit" will find all mountain peaks. "Stream" will find all creeks and rivers.
	County	Limit results to features found in a particular county;
	in map area	Limit results to features found in the current map area.

The results appear simultaneously as points on the map and in a table to the left of the map.

If you click on a ison on the map, an InfoWindow opens at the point, the table scrolls down to the corresponding record, and the record is highlighted. If you click on the purple crayon next to a record in the table, an InfoWindow opens at the corresponding map point, and a short menu opens up under the record:

Streams. If the feature is a stream the point location indicates the end of the stream. For a river that flows to the ocean, the point location will appear right where the river meets the ocean. For a creek that flows into a river, you will see a name like and the point will appear at the end of Dutch Bill Creek -- that is, just where Dutch Bill Creek meets the Russian River.

When you select a stream, the course of the stream is highlighted in dark blue on the map. If the selected stream flows into another stream, the course of that other stream is highlighted in green on the map. In the example above, the course of Dutch Bill Creek will be highlighted in dark blue, and the course of the Russian River will be highlighted in green.

CPAD. If the feature is from the California Protected Areas Database, you will see ¹ next to the feature name:

	Stream
	Valley
	Town
	USGS Quadrangle
	Summit
	Park, Preserve or Reserve
	Beach
	Trail
	Ridge
	Lake or Bay
	Anything else

Peaks in Orange Co.

Streams close to Auburn (North Fork American River)

Streams related to the Russian River

Places named "Coyote Creek"

If you have an historic description of a place, and you want to find out where it is on a modern map, you may be able to find it using this application. For instance, it works well for towns that no longer exist.

Another resource to use for researching historic place descriptions is GEO Locate.

For more information about background layers, see Layer Help.