Sutter's Mill Meteorite Fall

On April 22, 2012, a bright fireball (bolide) was seen over parts of California and Nevada at approx. 7:51am (PDT). This fireball heralded the arrival of a mini-van sized space rock which entered the Earth's upper atmosphere over Sutter's Mill California and dropped meteorites across streets and backyards. These meteorites are now being found by professional hunters, landowners, and scientists. Listed below are the specimens that have been found and reported. There are likely more stones that have been found but not reported, so this list is not definitive. I will update this list as new information becomes available. If you know of a specimen that was found and is not on this list, please contact me via email.

List of known finds: official find number, finder name, specimen size. (official reported stones first)

SM1 - Robert Ward - two specimens weighing 5.55g and 1.7g each (total 7.25g)

SM2 - Peter Jenniskens - fragments from crushed (by a car) stone totalling 4g

SM3 - Brien Cook - 5g stone

SM4 - Brenda Salveson -16g oriented heat-shield with broken piece, total weight 17g

SM6 - Patrick Murphy - 2.42g specimen

SM7 - Jerry Moorman - 5.97g stone with "oriented feature"

SM8 - Susan Monroe - 19.1g specimen

SM9 - Eric Bowker - 6.3g specimen

SM10 - Loraine Logan - 6.2g piece

SM11 - Tania McAllister - 14.48g specimen

SM12 - Moni Waiblinger - 17.5g specimen

SM13 - Marcos and Jennifer - 18.87g specimen

SM14 - Suzie Matin - broken stone, 10.3g and 1.4g (12.5g total) (HAMMER - struck garage)

SM15 - Mike and Julie Steward - 11.3g

SM16 - Jim Plimpton and son Bailey - broken stone, two pieces, 11g and 4g (15g total)

SM17 - Greg and Abriela Jorgensen - 7.20g specimen

SM18 - Greg Jorgensen - 5.4g specimen

SM19 - Alice Butler - 9.98g specimen

SM20 - Richard Garcia - 1.13g specimen

SM21 - Bob Pederson - 1g specimen

SM22 - Paul Gessler - .55g fragment

SM23 - Vickie Ly - 1.6g specimen

SM24 - Barbara Broide and Ryan Turner - 2.10g specimen

SM25 - Jason Utas - 7.3g specimen

SM26 - Jason Utas and Michelle Myers - 3.5g specimen

SM27 - Mitch Carey - 35.1g whole stone

SM28 - Madeleine Hogue and Dinesh Krishnamurthy - 4.7g specimen

SM29 - Joan Johnson - 11.8g specimen

SM30 - Joyce Matin and Mark Dayton - 3.53g specimen

SM31 - Mark Dayton - 5.9g whole stone

SM32 - Doug Klotz - 9.6g specimen

SM33 - Connie Nelson - 8.5g specimen

SM34 - Adam Hamlin - 1.63g specimen

SM35 - Robert Ward - .09g whole specimen

SM36 - Mike Shaw - 22.6g whole stone (the "The Lotus Heart Stone")

SM37 - Mike Miller - 2.8g specimen

SM38 - Stanley Wall - 7g

SM39 - Mike Miller - 2.5g specimen

SM40 - Mike Hankey, Larry Adkins, Keith Mueller - 17.7g stone

SM41 - David Johnson - 9.3g stone with small break on one end

SM42 - Mendy Ouzillou - 1.6g specimen

SM43 - Sandy Vanderpol - 4.3g specimen

SM44 - Dennis and Karen Kelleher - 5.46g specimen

SM45 - Alex Wolfgram - 2.9g specimen

SM46 - Rebecca G Stuart - 2.4g specimen

SM47 - Teal Triolo - 10.1g specimen

SM48 - Kelly Heavin - 5.1g specimen

SM49 - Mike Miller - 5.9g specimen

SM50 - Robert Ward - 42.4g specimen

SM51 - Rick Patrinellis - 12.32g specimen

SM52 - Peter Utas - 12.4g specimen

SM53 - Jeffrey A Grant - 205.2g whole stone (largest known find or "main mass")

SM54 - Shane Skogberg - 20.2g specimen

SM55 - Keith Jenkerson - 20.6g half-stone

SM56 - Bob Willis - 7.6g specimen

SM57 - Rick Nelson, Connie Nelson, Sandy Cox, Steve Cox - 2.8g specimen

SM58 - Sandy Cox, Steve Cox, Connie Nelson, Rick Nelson - 1.3g specimen

SM59 - Sandy Cox, Steve Cox, Connie Nelson, Rick Nelson - 1.5g specimen

SM60 - Rick Nelson, Connie Nelson, Sandy Cox, Steve Cox - 4.5g specimen

SM61 - Rick Nelson, Connie Nelson, Sandy Cox, Steve Cox - 3.4g specimen

SM62 - Sandy Cox, Steve Cox, Connie Nelson, Rick Nelson - 1.8g specimen

SM63 - Dana Jenkerson - 8.3g specimen

SM64 - Keith Jenkerson - 21.47g specimen (22.3g on Jenniskens' page)

SM65 - Philip Deriemer - 11.6g specimen

SM66 - Keith Jenkerson - 25.2g specimen

SM67 - Beverly Girten - .35g specimen

SM68 - Connie Nelson, Rick Nelson, Sandy Cox, Steve Cox - 1g specimen

SM69 - Dan and Katrina Siders - 27.5g specimen

SM70 - Glenn Arsenault - 27g specimen

SM71 - Roy Karen - 6.2g specimen

SM72 - Keith Jenkerson - 24.3g oriented shield

SM73 - Noel and Aidan Robinson - 8.1g specimen

SM74 - Joel Kaderka - 21.6g specimen

SM75 - Miquel Leon Contreras - 6.85g specimen

SM76 - Sonny Clary - 8.10g specimen

SM77 - Jason Utas and Friends - 13.5g specimen

SM78 - Jason Utas and Friends - 14.5g specimen

SM79 - Luka Bogdanovich - 9.3g specimen

Unknown (crushed by bus) - numerous fragments total 18g

Mark Dayton - 2.4g specimen

Dave - oriented stone - 5.2g

River Townsend - .5g specimen

Robert Clark - 1g specimen

Jim Baxter - .5g fragment (part of the Matin hammer-stone)

Joan Johnson - 11.8g complete stone

Dave Gheesling - 2 small fragments, .07g and .039g

Anonymous finder - 2.76g specimen

TKW is now approx. : 1001.8 grams (not including unknown or unverified finds)

 

Unverified finds, finds without weights or no finder info (not included in TKW above) :

Approximately 5-6 fragments of the Matin hammer-stone, each

SM5 - William Feek - 2.38g specimen (meteorwrong - not a meteorite)

Anonymous finder - 8g stone, broken in half

 

Peter Jenniskens' official NASA/SETI webpage of find data - http://asima.seti.org/sm/

Official Meteoritical Bulletin database entry - https://www.lpi.usra.edu/meteor/metbull.php?code=55529

NOTE : If you are a finder named above and you would rather remain anonymous, contact me via email and I will list your find on this webpage as "anonymous finder".

To officially report your stone, please contact Dr. Peter Jenniskens at NASA - petrus.m.jenniskens@nasa.gov