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Bragur, 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. It lies near Corralitos Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Guadalupe quadrangle.

Bragur 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 Bragur, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of Bragur, surveyed 1905

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

30 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Bragur between 1994 and 2020, burning about 48 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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/undetermined17
Equipment and vehicle use6
Debris and open burning3
Arson/incendiarism2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Smoking1

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
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
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
5 July 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
18 July 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSan Luis Obispo UnitBONITA IC T/T2
17 July 2020Equipment and vehicle use4.8 acresSanta Barbara County Fire Departmentnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Santa Barbara County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Bragur: 2 producers, 1 occurrence, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Copper, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Calcium. 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
Airox Inc Casmalia PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Betteravia PlantCalciumProducer
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
Betteravia Junction0.9 miles27
Iremel1.3 miles27
Gum1.7 miles27
Waldorf1.7 miles27
Carr1.9 miles27
Betteravia2.1 miles27
Barsug2.1 miles27
Guadalupe2.8 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 Q122544500The 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 1660371. 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.