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Arguello, California

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Lompoc census division. It lies near Red Roof Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Point Arguello quadrangle.

Arguello within Santa Barbara County

Then and now

1905 to 1989

The same ground, surveyed 84 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Arguello, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of Arguello, surveyed 1905

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 28 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.

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Arguello: 1 past producer, 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Diatomite, Flagstone. 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
Signorelli QuarryFlagstoneProducer
Unnamed Diatomite DepositDiatomiteOccurrence
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Santa Barbara 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
Arlight0.2 miles28
Honda2.6 miles28
Surf7.6 miles29
La Salle7.8 miles29
Baroda7.9 miles29
Jalama (historical)9.0 miles29
Foothill Estates9.3 miles32
Acorn (historical)9.5 miles32

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 Q17142928The 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 1660265. 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.

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.