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Cachuma Village, California

29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Solvang-Santa Ynez census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93105. It lies near Hilton Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Lake Cachuma quadrangle.

Cachuma Village within Santa Barbara County

Then and now

1902 to 1995

The same ground, surveyed 93 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Cachuma Village, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Cachuma Village, surveyed 1902

Compare 1902 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 29 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

31 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of Cachuma Village between 2000 and 2020, burning about 18,828 acres in total. None 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/undetermined19
Equipment and vehicle use5
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Arson/incendiarism1
Smoking1
Debris and open burning1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
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
25 September 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreLos Padres National ForestCACHUMA
17 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
10 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined75 acresLos Padres National ForestBEE ROCK
29 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
22 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
20 August 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth-Central California Area OfficeCACHUMA
16 August 2014Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreLos Padres National ForestCAMP
8 July 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined18,431 acresLos Padres National ForestWHITTIER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Santa Barbara County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Cachuma Village: 1 prospect, 1 producer, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Limestone, General, Diatomite. 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
Anna Moore MineGoldProspect
Bee Rock QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducer
Unnamed Diatomite DepositsDiatomiteOccurrence

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
Santa Ynez5.1 miles26
Ballard7.3 miles26
Solvang7.8 miles27
Los Olivos8.7 miles26
Ahwin (historical)8.9 miles20
Capitan8.9 miles20
Orella (historical)9.1 miles20
Orchams9.5 miles24

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 Q122562699The 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 1660404. 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.