Devon, California

32 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Santa Maria census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93455. It lies near Casmalia Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Casmalia quadrangle.

Devon within Santa Barbara County

Then and now

1905 to 1989

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 Devon, surveyed 1989

Topographic sheet of Devon, surveyed 1905

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 32 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.

1905 USGS Guadalupe quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
1942 USGS Guadalupe quadrangle1:125000
1942 USGS Point Sal quadrangle1:62500
1947 USGS Casmalia quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1947 USGS Point Sal quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1948 USGS Santa Maria quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1956 USGS Santa Maria quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1957 USGS Santa Maria quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Santa Maria quadrangle1:250000
1959 USGS Casmalia quadrangle1:24000, 7 printings
1959 USGS Point Sal quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1962 USGS Santa Maria quadrangle1:250000
1978 USGS Casmalia quadrangle1:24000
1982 USGS Santa Maria quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1989 USGS Santa Maria quadrangle1:250000

Fires near this place

17 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Devon between 2005 and 2020, burning about 44 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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/undetermined	12
Equipment and vehicle use	2
Arson/incendiarism	2
Misuse of fire by a minor	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
24 September 2006	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection	not named
14 September 2020	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Vandenberg Air Force Base Fire Department	GRACIOSA
27 August 2013	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Santa Barbara County Fire Department	not named
15 August 2020	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Vandenberg Air Force Base Fire Department	NORTHSTAR
23 July 2013	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Santa Barbara County Fire Department	not named
5 June 2008	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection	not named
23 June 2017	Arson/incendiarism	16 acres	California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection	not named
21 June 2008	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	11 acres	California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Santa Barbara County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Devon: 2 past producers, 2 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Gold, Sulfur. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Airox Inc Casmalia Pit	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Casmalia	Gold	Occurrence
Graciosa Ridge	Sulfur	Occurrence
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Salvaing Pit and Mill	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Santa Barbara 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Casmalia	0.7 miles	32
Shuman	1.7 miles	32
Antonio	2.7 miles	32
Orcutt	4.7 miles	29
Narlon	4.7 miles	32
Waldorf	5.1 miles	27
Betteravia	5.2 miles	27
Gum	5.4 miles	27

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1656485. 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.