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Honda, California

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Lompoc census division. It lies near La Honda Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Point Arguello quadrangle.

Honda 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 Honda, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of Honda, surveyed 1905

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 28 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

1 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Honda in 2010, burning about 1,253 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/undetermined1

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
28 October 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1,253 acresVandenberg Air Force Base Fire DepartmentBEAR CREEK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Santa Barbara County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Honda: 2 occurrences, 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Diatomite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Flagstone. 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
Signorelli QuarryFlagstoneProducer
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed Diatomite DepositDiatomiteOccurrence
Unnamed Diatomite DepositDiatomiteOccurrence

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
Arguello2.6 miles28
Arlight2.6 miles28
Surf5.0 miles29
Baroda5.4 miles29
La Salle6.1 miles29
Acorn (historical)7.9 miles32
Foothill Estates8.1 miles32
Ellwood Estates8.8 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.

Wikipedia article on HondaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q65044256The 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 1660767. 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.