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Capital Hill, California

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Paso Robles census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93446. It lies near Fern Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Paso Robles quadrangle.

Capital Hill within San Luis Obispo County

Then and now

1919 to 1989

The same ground, surveyed 70 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Capital Hill, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of Capital Hill, surveyed 1919

On record in Capital Hill

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 5 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 27 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

489 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 489 fires within 5 miles of Capital Hill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 956 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 8 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/undetermined231
Equipment and vehicle use176
Debris and open burning34
Misuse of fire by a minor15
Smoking12
Arson/incendiarism8
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Recreation and ceremony3
Other causes2
Natural2
Railroad operations and maintenance2

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 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Luis Obispo UnitWELLSONA
9 September 2004Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Luis Obispo UnitEUREKA
9 September 2001Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresSan Luis Obispo UnitHANSON
8 September 2006Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresSan Luis Obispo UnitCRESTON
7 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionUNION RD SLO_CO
7 September 2014Other causesunder an acreSan Luis Obispo UnitRIVER
7 September 1995Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Luis Obispo UnitSLU-3093
6 September 2004Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresSan Luis Obispo Unit101

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Luis Obispo County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Capital Hill: 8 producers, 1 past producer. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Manganese, 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
Mountain Springs QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Thompson DepositManganeseProducer
12th Street PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Branch PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Miller Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Munari Salinas River PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
North River Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Paso Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Slash Bar G Ranch 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
Paso Robles0.5 miles27
Oak Park1.5 miles27
Wellsona4.8 miles27
Templeton5.6 miles26
Union6.4 miles27
Estrella6.5 miles27
Linne7.0 miles25
Old Adobe7.7 miles27

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1660434. 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.