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Foothill Estates, California

32 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Lompoc census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93436. It lies near Sloans Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Lompoc quadrangle.

Foothill Estates 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 Foothill Estates, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of Foothill Estates, 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.

Fires near this place

41 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of Foothill Estates between 2005 and 2020, burning about 2,040 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/undetermined32
Debris and open burning3
Arson/incendiarism2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Smoking1

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
29 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined888 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
28 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.4 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
23 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
23 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
20 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined490 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
18 August 2005Misuse of fire by a minor6.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
13 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSanta Barbara County Fire Departmentnot named
11 August 2009Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Santa Barbara County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 20 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Foothill Estates: 11 past producers, 6 producers, 2 occurrences, 1 unknown. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Diatomite, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Dimension. 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
Acin QuarryFlagstoneProducer
Las Cruces QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast Producer
Lind DepositLimestone, DimensionUnknown
Sanford QuarryStone, DimensionProducer
Tolbert PitStone, DimensionPast Producer
Dr. Mosby Lompoc QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Gann QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Miguelito Canyon QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Lompoc Village0.9 miles32
Lompoc1.4 miles32
Acorn (historical)1.5 miles32
Ellwood Estates1.8 miles32
La Salle2.5 miles29
Mesa Oaks3.9 miles32
Mission Hills4.4 miles32
Mission La Purisima (historical)5.1 miles32

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.

Wikidata item Q122548700The 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 1871703. 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.