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Beulah Park, California

32 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Santa Cruz census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95060. It stands on Uypi Creek. The Survey maps it on the Felton quadrangle.

Beulah Park within Santa Cruz County

Then and now

1902 to 1998

The same ground, surveyed 96 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Beulah Park, surveyed 1998
Topographic sheet of Beulah Park, surveyed 1902

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 32 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

667 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 667 fires within 5 miles of Beulah Park between 1992 and 2020, burning about 302 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 76 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/undetermined316
Equipment and vehicle use119
Arson/incendiarism76
Smoking38
Recreation and ceremony38
Misuse of fire by a minor30
Debris and open burning27
Power generation/transmission/distribution15
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Other causes2
Natural1
Firearms and explosives use1

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 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionHERMON
9 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
9 September 1994Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitP.G.&E.#14
8 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
8 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitROAD
8 September 1992Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitPG&E #4
7 September 2013Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitHWY 9 FELTON
6 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitOAK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Santa Cruz County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 42 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 42 workings within 5 miles of Beulah Park: 21 past producers, 10 producers, 8 occurrences, 3 unknowns. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Felton QuarryStoneProducer
Henry Cowell Lime & Cement CoLimestone, DimensionPast Producer
Holmes Lime & Cement CoLimestone, DimensionPast Producer
Unnamed LocationLimestone, DimensionOccurrence
Bachellor Ranch QuarryGraniteOccurrence
Calplatti QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Decomposed Granite PitGraniteOccurrence
Decomposed Granite PitGraniteOccurrence
Felton PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Henry Cowell Lime & Cement CoLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Santa Cruz County

Storms near this place

5 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Beulah Park in 5 storm reports between 2012 and 2022: 2 heavy rain, 2 debris flow, 1 flood. The reports record 1 death. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2012Heavy RainBeulah Park1 killed, $5,000A fatal traffic accident as a 21 year old male died in a solo crash into a tree on Graham Hill Road early in the morning.
March 2012Heavy RainBeulah Park$200,000There were 39 traffic collisions in Santa Cruz County on Thursday due to heavy rain. Twentyone of the accidents occurred on Highway 17.
September 2022FloodBeulah Park-Minor flooding due to heavy rain on Rt-17 offramp.
January 2017Debris FlowBeulah Park-North bound hwy 17 closed due to slide.
February 2017Debris FlowBeulah Park-Mud covering NB lane of Graham Hill Road.

Every storm 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
Pasatiempo0.5 miles32
Paradise Park1.1 miles32
Rincon1.5 miles32
Camp Evers2.2 miles32
Pueblo de Figueroa (historical)2.3 miles16
Santa Cruz2.6 miles16
Scotts Valley2.8 miles32
Allegro Heights2.8 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1655829. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.