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Amesti, California

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Watsonville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95076. It lies near Green Valley. The Survey maps it on the Watsonville West quadrangle. 2,637 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 148 feet above sea level.

Amesti within Santa Cruz County

Then and now

1912 to 1995

The same ground, surveyed 83 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Amesti, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Amesti, surveyed 1912

Compare 1912 against another survey:

Population over time

2 figures

Amesti fell from 3,478 to 2,637 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
20103,478
20202,637-841 (-24%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 27 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

576 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 576 fires within 5 miles of Amesti between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,079 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 47 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/undetermined270
Equipment and vehicle use127
Debris and open burning75
Arson/incendiarism47
Misuse of fire by a minor25
Power generation/transmission/distribution11
Smoking9
Recreation and ceremony7
Natural4
Other causes1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSanta Clara UnitPOLE LINE
9 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionFREEDOM BL PAJARO_VALLEY
9 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionGREEN
9 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitVALLEY
9 September 2001Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitPALMER
9 September 1999Naturalunder an acreEllicott Slough National Wildlife RefugeCARSON
8 September 2013Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitTHURWACHTER
8 September 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitPAULSEN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Santa Cruz County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Amesti: 3 occurrences, 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Cabrillo Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pleasant Valley ExcavationSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Pleasant Valley ExcavationSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Rubis Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Titus Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Unnamed LocationSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence

Every working recorded in Santa Cruz County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Freedom2.0 miles27
Corralitos2.2 miles27
Larkin Valley2.4 miles27
Interlaken2.5 miles27
Colache Town3.4 miles27
Watsonville3.9 miles27
Ellicott4.2 miles27
Aptos Hills4.4 miles27

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on AmestiAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3301177The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1853375. 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.