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Butano Park, California

38 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Half Moon Bay census division. It lies in ZIP code area 94060. It stands on South Fork Butano Creek. The Survey maps it on the Franklin Point quadrangle.

Butano Park within San Mateo 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 Butano Park, surveyed 1998
Topographic sheet of Butano Park, surveyed 1902

Compare 1902 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

19 surveys from 38 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

82 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 82 fires within 5 miles of Butano Park between 1992 and 2020, burning about 132 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 1 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/undetermined35
Equipment and vehicle use21
Debris and open burning7
Natural6
Recreation and ceremony6
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Arson/incendiarism1

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 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitBUTANO
9 September 1999Natural1.0 acresSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitGAZOS CREEK
9 September 1999Naturalunder an acreSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitRIDGEWOOD
9 September 1999Naturalunder an acreSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitJONES GLUCH # 2
9 September 1999Naturalunder an acreSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitJONES GLUCH #1
8 September 1994Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitP.G.& E.#12B
6 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionBURNS
3 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitPESCADERO CREEK RD LOMA_

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Mateo County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Butano Park: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: 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
ArchibaldStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Pescadero QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in San Mateo County

Storms near this place

4 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Butano Park in 4 storm reports between 2018 and 2025: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 debris flow. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. 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
October 2025Thunderstorm WindButano Park$10A strong thunderstorm cell touched down just south of Ano Nuevo State Park at 4:23 PM. Video from a farm near the location showed damage to structures, sparking speculation of a possible tornado. Subsequently, an NWS team conducted a storm survey at the site. The team identified damage consistent with straight line winds. Damage was noted from the coast, just south of Ao Nuevo State Park, eastward about 3/4 of a mile. This damage included, but not limited to, a hoop house visqueen cover being torn off, structural damage to two hoop houses, a large water storage tank being transported over a 1/4 mile, and moderately large diameter coastal cypress trees being snapped. There was one item seen transported counter to straight line wind flow and these were determined to have been caught up in very small scale temporary terrain driven rotation. There is no indication in the damage field of tornadic activity. While the radar signature did show rotation at elevation while approaching the coast, it appears to collapse as it comes ashore, lending itself to thunderstorm outflow and a straight line wind event.
January 2019Thunderstorm WindButano Park-Several trees showed indications of small and large limb damage along the ridge line. One tray may have been topped. Estimated peak winds of 65 to 70 mph.
January 2019Thunderstorm WindButano Park-Several trees showed indications of small and large limb damage along the ridge line. One tree may have been topped. Estimated peak winds of 65 to 70 mph.
April 2018Debris FlowButano Park-California Highway Patrol reporting mud/dirt/rocks covering northbound Highway 1 near Anderson Canyon.

Every storm recorded in San Mateo 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
Dearborn Park1.8 miles36
Loma Mar2.8 miles36
Pescadero3.2 miles38
Bellvale5.4 miles36
Redwood Terrace5.9 miles36
La Honda6.6 miles36
San Gregorio7.2 miles38
Vista Verde10.0 miles52

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 Q122569008The 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 1655857. 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.