Capitan, California

The same ground, surveyed 53 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

1942 1995

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.

• 1942 USGS Gaviota quadrangle1:62500
• 1943 USGS Gaviota quadrangle1:62500
• 1947 USGS Gaviota quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
• 1948 USGS Santa Maria quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
• 1953 USGS Tajiguas quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
• 1956 USGS Santa Maria quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
• 1957 USGS Santa Maria quadrangle1:250000
• 1958 USGS Santa Maria quadrangle1:250000
• 1962 USGS Santa Maria quadrangle1:250000
• 1966 USGS Gaviota quadrangle1:62500
• 1981 USGS Point Conception quadrangle1:100000
• 1989 USGS Santa Maria quadrangle1:250000
• 1995 USGS Tajiguas quadrangle1:24000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Capitan between 1994 and 2016, burning about 7,546 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.

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

• Orella (historical)
• Ahwin (historical)
• Tajiguas
• Naples

Every fire recorded in Santa Barbara County

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Capitan: 3 past producers, 2 producers, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Clay, 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.

Every working recorded in Santa Barbara County

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Capitan in 1 storm report in 2017: 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.

Every storm recorded in Santa Barbara County

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1660435. 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.