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Aptos Hills, 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 Bush Gulch. The Survey maps it on the Watsonville West quadrangle.

Aptos Hills 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 Aptos Hills, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Aptos Hills, surveyed 1912

Compare 1912 against another survey:

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

510 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 510 fires within 5 miles of Aptos Hills between 1992 and 2020, burning about 902 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 41 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/undetermined247
Equipment and vehicle use112
Debris and open burning52
Arson/incendiarism41
Misuse of fire by a minor25
Recreation and ceremony11
Power generation/transmission/distribution10
Smoking9
Natural3

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 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 2001Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitPALMER
9 September 1999Naturalunder an acreEllicott Slough National Wildlife RefugeCARSON
7 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitPARAISO
6 September 2009Debris and open burning1.0 acresSan Mateo-Santa Cruz Unitnot named
6 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitCATHEDRAL
6 September 1997Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitZIGLER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Santa Cruz County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Aptos Hills: 3 occurrences, 2 producers, 2 past producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, Titanium, Metal, Chromium, Titanium. 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
Aptos PlacerIron, Titanium, MetalProducerIlmenite, Magnetite
Triumph Steel CoIron, Chromium, TitaniumOccurrence
Cabrillo Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pleasant Valley ExcavationSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Pleasant Valley ExcavationSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
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
Rob Roy Junction0.8 miles27
Leonard (historical)1.4 miles27
Farley (historical)1.7 miles24
La Selva Beach1.9 miles27
Rio Del Mar2.0 miles24
Aptos2.2 miles24
Larkin Valley2.8 miles27
Monte Toyon2.9 miles24

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.

Wikidata item Q17141575The 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 2413612. 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.