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Hope Ranch, California

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Santa Barbara census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93110. It lies near More Mesa. The Survey maps it on the Goleta quadrangle.

Hope Ranch within Santa Barbara County

Then and now

1942 to 1995

The same ground, surveyed 53 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Hope Ranch, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Hope Ranch, surveyed 1942

On record in Hope Ranch

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 22 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

95 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 95 fires within 5 miles of Hope Ranch between 1994 and 2020, burning about 14,382 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 3 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/undetermined59
Equipment and vehicle use20
Debris and open burning6
Arson/incendiarism3
Smoking2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Natural1
Recreation and ceremony1
Fireworks1

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
6 September 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreLos Padres National ForestGAP
28 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLos Padres National ForestWINDY
25 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined2,000 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
13 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLos Padres National ForestWINDY
12 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
10 September 2011Natural300 acresSanta Barbara County Fire Departmentnot named
8 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
6 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSanta Barbara County Fire Departmentnot named

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 Hope Ranch: 3 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Dimension, Magnesite, Clay. 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
Carpinteria DepositClay, MontmorillonitePast Producer
San Marcos Pass QuarryStone, DimensionPast Producer
Santa Barbara PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed LocationMagnesiteOccurrence

Every working recorded in Santa Barbara County

Storms near this place

3 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hope Ranch in 3 storm reports between 2010 and 2026: 2 flash flood, 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
February 2026Thunderstorm WindHope Ranch-Strong thunderstorm winds, gusting to 59 MPH, were reported at the La Cumbre Peak sensor.
March 2023Flash FloodHope Ranch-California Highway Patrol reported mud and debris blocking the offramp of Highway 154.
January 2010Flash FloodHope Ranch-Heavy showers and thunderstorms moved over the Jesusita Burn area, producing intense rainfall rates and some damage associated with mud and debris flows. Automated rain gages in the area indicated hourly rainfall rates between 0.75 and 1.00 inches which exceeding established USGS thresholds. Per reports from emergency managers in Santa Barbara county, the heavy rainfall produced some mud and debris flows which broke sections of some debris basins.

Every storm 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
Irma1.1 miles22
El Sueno1.5 miles22
Mission2.0 miles21
Goleta3.2 miles22
Mission Canyon3.7 miles21
Santa Barbara3.9 miles21
La Patera3.9 miles22
Isla Vista4.8 miles22

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 Hope RanchAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3474278The 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 1660768. 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.