Allegro Heights, California
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1948 and the latest in 1974. It stands in the Santa Cruz census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95060. It stands on Carbonera Creek. The Survey maps it on the Santa Cruz quadrangle.
Then and now
1948 to 1974The same ground, surveyed 26 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in Allegro Heights
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 12 of 13 shown
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Cope Row Houseslisted 1982 · 0.4 miles away
A. J. Hinds Houselisted 1983 · 0.4 miles away
Neary-Rodriguez Adobelisted 1975 · 0.6 miles away
Hotel Metropolelisted 1979 · 0.7 miles away
US Post Office-Santa Cruz Mainlisted 1985 · 0.7 miles away
Octagon Buildinglisted 1971 · 0.7 miles away
Veterans Memorial Buildinglisted 1992 · 0.7 miles away
Golden Gate Villalisted 1975 · 0.9 miles away
Carmelita Courtlisted 1986 · 0.9 miles away
Garfield Park Branch Librarylisted 1992 · 1.0 miles away- Santa Cruz Downtown Historic Districtlisted 1989 · 0.1 miles away
- Mission Hill Area Historic Districtlisted 1976 · 0.6 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 16 printed sheetsMatched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.
- 1948 USGS Santa Cruz quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Santa Cruz quadrangle1:24000, 8 printings
- 1955 USGS Santa Cruz quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Santa Cruz quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Santa Cruz quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Santa Cruz quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Monterey quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
412 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 412 fires within 5 miles of Allegro Heights between 1992 and 2020, burning about 163 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 55 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 208 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 55 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 53 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 32 |
| Smoking | 30 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 16 |
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 9 September 1994 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | San Mateo-Santa Cruz Unit | P.G.&E.#14 |
| 8 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 6 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | San Mateo-Santa Cruz Unit | OAK |
| 6 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 4 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | San Mateo-Santa Cruz Unit | EMPIRE |
| 30 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | San Mateo-Santa Cruz Unit | not named |
| 3 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | San Mateo-Santa Cruz Unit | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 21 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Allegro Heights: 12 past producers, 5 occurrences, 3 producers, 1 unknown. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General, Clay, Gold. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bachellor Ranch Quarry | Granite | Occurrence | ||
| Decomposed Granite Pit | Granite | Occurrence | ||
| Henry Cowell Lime & Cement Co | Limestone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Pacific Cement and Aggregate Co | Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Location | Limestone, Dimension | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Location | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Stribling Mine | Gold | Unknown | ||
| Twin Lakes Beach | Gold | Producer | ||
| Twin Lakes Beach | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Calplatti Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
Nearest settlements
The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Santa Cruz | 0.4 miles | 16 | |
| Pueblo de Figueroa (historical) | 0.6 miles | 16 | |
| Rapetti (historical) | 1.6 miles | 16 | |
| Seabright | 1.6 miles | 16 | |
| Twin Lakes | 2.1 miles | 24 | |
| Pasatiempo | 2.3 miles | 32 | |
| Paradise Park | 2.7 miles | 32 | |
| Beulah Park | 2.8 miles | 32 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1872868. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.






