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Asuncion, California

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Atascadero census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93422. It stands on Atascadero Creek. The Survey maps it on the Templeton quadrangle. It stands 843 feet above sea level.

Asuncion within San Luis Obispo County

Then and now

1919 to 1989

The same ground, surveyed 70 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Asuncion, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of Asuncion, surveyed 1919

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 26 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

413 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 413 fires within 5 miles of Asuncion between 1992 and 2020, burning about 809 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 10 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/undetermined187
Equipment and vehicle use156
Debris and open burning29
Arson/incendiarism10
Misuse of fire by a minor10
Smoking10
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Fireworks1
Natural1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
8 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresSan Luis Obispo UnitTEMPLETON
6 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
6 September 2004Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresSan Luis Obispo Unit101
6 September 1992Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Luis Obispo UnitSLU 2825
5 September 2012Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresSan Luis Obispo UnitROCKY
4 September 2005Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresSan Luis Obispo UnitPOCO
4 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Luis Obispo UnitPAWS
4 September 2000Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Luis Obispo UnitHERDSMAN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Luis Obispo County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Asuncion: 8 producers, 5 past producers, 1 prospect. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Manganese, Chromium. 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
Alfred H. Ruedy ChromeChromiumProspect
Bluebird MineManganeseProducer
Bluebird MineManganesePast Producer1918
Millhollin PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Rocky Canyon QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Dirtman PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Miller PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Miller Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Slash Bar G Ranch PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in San Luis Obispo 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
Atascadero1.8 miles29
Henry2.4 miles29
Templeton2.8 miles26
Poloma (historical)4.7 miles29
Eaglet (historical)5.0 miles27
Dove (historical)5.1 miles29
Linne7.1 miles25
Cushing7.3 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 AsuncionAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q8207801The 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 1660276. 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.