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.
Then and now
1902 to 1995The 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.


Compare 1902 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
15 surveys from 29 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1902 USGS Santa Ynez quadrangle1:125000
- 1905 USGS Santa Ynez quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1941 USGS San Rafael Mtn quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1941 USGS San Rafael Mtn. quadrangle1:62500
- 1942 USGS San Rafael Mtn. quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS San Rafael Mtn. quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Lake Cachuma quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS San Rafael Mtn quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1966 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Cuyama quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1995 USGS Lake Cachuma quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
31 since 2000Regional 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/undetermined | 19 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Los Padres National Forest | CACHUMA |
| 17 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 10 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 75 acres | Los Padres National Forest | BEE ROCK |
| 29 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 22 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 20 August 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South-Central California Area Office | CACHUMA |
| 16 August 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Los Padres National Forest | CAMP |
| 8 July 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18,431 acres | Los Padres National Forest | WHITTIER |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anna Moore Mine | Gold | Prospect | ||
| Bee Rock Quarry | Limestone, General | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Diatomite Deposits | Diatomite | Occurrence |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Santa Ynez | 5.1 miles | 26 | |
| Ballard | 7.3 miles | 26 | |
| Solvang | 7.8 miles | 27 | |
| Los Olivos | 8.7 miles | 26 | |
| Ahwin (historical) | 8.9 miles | 20 | |
| Capitan | 8.9 miles | 20 | |
| Orella (historical) | 9.1 miles | 20 | |
| Orchams | 9.5 miles | 24 |
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 Q122562699 | The 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.














