BlockGato, California
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Lompoc census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93117. It lies near Barranca Honda. The Survey maps it on the Point Conception quadrangle.
Then and now
1942 to 1989The same ground, surveyed 47 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 16 printed sheetsMatched 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 Point Conception quadrangle1:62500
- 1942 USGS Pt. Conception quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Santa Maria quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Point Conception quadrangle1:24000, 4 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
- 1981 USGS Point Conception quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Santa Maria quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
2 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Gato between 2008 and 2009, burning about 7 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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.
| Reported cause | Fires |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
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 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.0 acres | Santa Barbara County Fire Department | not named |
| 30 August 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Santa Barbara County Fire Department | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Augustine | 1.0 miles | 18 | |
| Shisholop (historical) | 3.5 miles | 16 | |
| Drake | 4.0 miles | 18 | |
| Concepcion | 4.1 miles | 16 | |
| Sacate | 4.6 miles | 18 | |
| Kunuqug (historical) | 5.0 miles | 16 | |
| Jalama | 6.8 miles | 16 | |
| Jalama (historical) | 7.4 miles | 29 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1660667. 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.