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Barsug, California

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Guadalupe census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93434. The Survey maps it on the Guadalupe quadrangle.

Barsug 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 Barsug, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of Barsug, surveyed 1905

On record in Barsug

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 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 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

34 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Barsug between 1992 and 2020, burning about 275 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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/undetermined13
Equipment and vehicle use12
Debris and open burning6
Recreation and ceremony3

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
3 September 1994Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Luis Obispo UnitSLU 2993
26 September 1997Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSan Luis Obispo UnitDUNE
21 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
16 September 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Luis Obispo UnitALBERT
15 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSan Luis Obispo UnitTRILOGY
14 September 2014Recreation and ceremony13 acresSan Luis Obispo UnitINDIANA
5 August 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
23 August 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSan Luis Obispo UnitDIVISION ST / GUADALUPE R

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Santa Barbara County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Barsug: 2 producers, 1 occurrence, 1 unknown, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Copper, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Calcium, Gemstone. 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
Betteravia PlantCalciumProducer
Guadalupe Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Stone Canyon Jasper DepositGemstoneProspect
Alexander VillaCopperOccurrence
Alexander VillaCopperUnknown

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
Guadalupe1.0 miles27
Bragur2.1 miles27
Betteravia Junction2.9 miles27
Waldorf3.3 miles27
Iremel3.4 miles27
Carr3.7 miles27
Gum3.8 miles27
Betteravia4.1 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.

Wikidata item Q122593832The 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 252849. 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.