Cambria Pines, California
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the North Coast census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93428. It stands on Santa Rosa Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cambria quadrangle. It stands 190 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1919 to 1980The same ground, surveyed 61 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in Cambria Pines
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 2 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Old Santa Rosa Catholic Church and Cemeterylisted 1982 · 0.7 miles away- Guthrie Houselisted 1980 · 0.7 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 22 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.
- 1919 USGS San Simeon quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1937 USGS San Simeon quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS San Luis Obispo quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS San Luis Obispo quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS San Luis Obispo quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS San Luis Obispo quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS San Luis Obispo quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Cambria quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS San Simeon quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Cambria quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
112 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 112 fires within 5 miles of Cambria Pines between 1992 and 2020, burning about 318 acres in total. 4 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 | 49 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 31 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | San Luis Obispo Unit | BURTON DR CAMBRIA 71 |
| 9 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Central California District | UNNAMED FIRE 1901 |
| 3 September 1995 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | San Luis Obispo Unit | MOONSTONE |
| 28 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | San Luis Obispo Unit | NOEL WY SLO_CO |
| 27 September 2012 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | San Luis Obispo Unit | PICO |
| 26 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | San Luis Obispo Unit | CREEK |
| 25 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | San Luis Obispo Unit | VILLAGE |
| 23 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | San Luis Obispo Unit | TRENTON ST CMB |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 22 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Cambria Pines: 14 past producers, 4 producers, 3 occurrences, 1 prospect. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Mercury, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Chromium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phelan Prospect | Manganese | Occurrence | 1918 | |
| Rogers Ranch Occurrence | Chromium | Occurrence | Chromite | |
| San Simeon Creek Deposit | Antimony | Past Producer | ||
| San Simeon Creek Shell Deposits | Calcium | Occurrence | ||
| Bianchi Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Cambria Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Rancho San Simeon Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Cambria | Mercury | Past Producer | 1903 | |
| Cambria Mine | Mercury | Past Producer | ||
| Gambrie Mine | Mercury | Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2021Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cambria Pines in 1 storm report in 2021: 1 flash flood. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2021 | Flash Flood | Cambria Pines | - | Heavy rain produced significant urban flooding in the community of Cambria. Along Windsor Boulevard, a vehicle was stuck with flooding impacted the roadway. The motorist was rescued. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Village | 0.3 miles | 22 | |
| Park Hill | 0.6 miles | 22 | |
| Happy Hill | 0.7 miles | 22 | |
| Cambria | 0.7 miles | 22 | |
| East Village | 0.8 miles | 22 | |
| Leimert | 0.8 miles | 22 | |
| Tin City | 0.9 miles | 22 | |
| Lodge Hill | 1.3 miles | 22 |
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 Cambria Pines | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5025263 | 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 1703074. 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.









