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Ellicott, California

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Watsonville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95076. The Survey maps it on the Watsonville West quadrangle.

Ellicott within Santa Cruz County

Then and now

1912 to 1995

The same ground, surveyed 83 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Ellicott, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Ellicott, surveyed 1912

Compare 1912 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 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

487 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 487 fires within 5 miles of Ellicott between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,000 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 46 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/undetermined248
Equipment and vehicle use98
Debris and open burning47
Arson/incendiarism46
Misuse of fire by a minor20
Recreation and ceremony9
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Smoking7
Natural4

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 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionFREEDOM BL PAJARO_VALLEY
9 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitSAN ANDREAS
9 September 2001Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitPALMER
9 September 1999Naturalunder an acreEllicott Slough National Wildlife RefugeCARSON
8 September 2013Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitTHURWACHTER
7 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitPARAISO
5 September 2011Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitFREEDOM BL / PISTA LN
4 September 1994Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitSCHMITT

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Santa Cruz 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 Ellicott: 4 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Titanium, Iron, Chromium, Titanium. 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
Triumph Steel CoTitaniumOccurrence
Triumph Steel CoIron, Chromium, TitaniumOccurrence
Cabrillo Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Titus Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Unnamed LocationSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence

Every working recorded in Santa Cruz County

Storms near this place

6 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ellicott in 6 storm reports between 2009 and 2024: 3 flood, 1 heavy rain, 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
December 2012Tornado (EF0)Ellicott$40,000EF-0 tornado moved onshore from Monterey Bay into coastal Santa Cruz County in the early morning of December 22. The tornado caused tree damage and significant damage to commercial greenhouse structures at a large farm. Broken fiberglass panels and bent metal frame poles were observed at the greenhouse with debris thrown several dozen yards south of the damage path into adjacent fields. the tornado caused additional minor damage to 4 adjacent greenhouse structures. Debris was wrapped around electric poles south of the damage path. The greenhouse operators indicated that they lost 25 percent of their lisianthus flower crop, over 3,000 Gerbea crop, and 40,000 square feet of greenhouse space. Minor tree damage was observed along San Andreas Road nearby. Damage path was 1.07 miles and 20 yards wide. Damage consistent with an EF-0 tornado estimated at 75 MPH.
March 2024Thunderstorm WindEllicott$10A NWS survey team found tree damage consistent with 70-80 mph straight line winds in the vicinity of Larkin Valley Road and Larkin Vista Lane.
January 2021FloodEllicott-Flooding at SR-1 N and Buena Vista.
January 2016FloodEllicott-Roadway flooding at San Andreas Road and Beach Street. Several vehicles stuck in water.
November 2012FloodEllicott-The general manager of pajaro dunes south said that 6 inches of water was covering beach road near shell drive due to heavy rainfall.
October 2009Heavy RainEllicott-Strawberry farmers in the Pajaro Valley lost a week's worth of harvest due to heavy rains. The fields were swamped, causing berries to become spoiled.

Every storm recorded in Santa Cruz 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
La Selva Beach1.8 miles27
Port Watsonvile1.9 miles27
Larkin Valley1.9 miles27
Leonard (historical)2.4 miles27
Nuga (historical)2.9 miles27
Aptos Hills3.2 miles27
Port Watsonville (historical)3.3 miles26
Freedom3.5 miles27

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1658488. 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.