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Callender, California

30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Arroyo Grande census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93420. It lies near Black Lake Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Oceano quadrangle. 1,282 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 102 feet above sea level.

Callender within San Luis Obispo County

Then and now

1897 to 1981

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 Callender, surveyed 1981
Topographic sheet of Callender, surveyed 1897

Population over time

2 figures

Callender grew from 1,262 to 1,282 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
20101,262
20201,282+20 (+2%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 30 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

345 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 345 fires within 5 miles of Callender between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,314 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 15 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/undetermined162
Equipment and vehicle use97
Debris and open burning22
Misuse of fire by a minor17
Arson/incendiarism15
Smoking12
Recreation and ceremony9
Power generation/transmission/distribution9
Natural1
Other causes1

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
8 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
8 September 2007Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresSan Luis Obispo UnitOCEANO DUNES STATE PA 125
8 September 2004Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Luis Obispo UnitEWING
6 September 2009Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresSan Luis Obispo UnitLOS BERROS RD / POMEROY R
5 September 1992Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Luis Obispo UnitSLU 2313
4 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSan Luis Obispo UnitEMS3CDF/
30 September 2020Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreSan Luis Obispo UnitFAIR OAKS AVE AG
3 September 2007Smokingunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Luis Obispo County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Callender: 5 past producers, 2 producers, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Gemstone, Stone, Dimension. 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
Caen QuarryStone, DimensionPast Producer
Oceano Sand PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Stone Canyon Jasper DepositGemstoneProspect
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Guiton Molding SandSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Oceano Beach Foundry SandSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Oceano Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in San Luis Obispo 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
Bromela2.5 miles30
Rancho del Arroyo Mobile Home Park3.0 miles30
Portico Mobile Home and Garden Park3.0 miles30
Cuna Vista Mobile Home Park3.0 miles30
Cienega Seabreeze Mobile Home Park3.1 miles30
Oceano3.3 miles30
Los Berros3.4 miles30
Halcyon3.5 miles30

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.

Wikipedia article on CallenderAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5021900The 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 252865. 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.