Huasna, California
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Arroyo Grande census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93420. It lies near Washington Flat. The Survey maps it on the Nipomo quadrangle. It stands 797 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1922 to 1981The same ground, surveyed 59 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
9 surveys from 20 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.
- 1922 USGS Nipomo quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1947 USGS San Luis Obispo quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS San Luis Obispo quadrangle1:250000
- 1952 USGS Nipomo quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS San Luis Obispo quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS San Luis Obispo quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS San Luis Obispo quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Nipomo quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS San Luis Obispo quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
34 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Huasna between 1992 and 2018, burning about 5,727 acres in total. 1 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 | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | CREEK |
| 20 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 244 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | HUASNA |
| 19 September 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | San Luis Obispo Unit | SLU 2996 |
| 22 August 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | San Luis Obispo Unit | BOBCAT |
| 20 August 1996 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | San Luis Obispo Unit | MANUELA |
| 15 August 2008 | Natural | under an acre | San Luis Obispo Unit | COYOTE |
| 1 August 2002 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Central California District | BOBCAT |
| 9 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | COUGAR |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Huasna: 5 occurrences, 1 producer, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Barium-Barite, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Magnesite. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deposit | Barium-Barite | Occurrence | ||
| Ezra Carpenter Deposit | Marble, Dimension | Occurrence | ||
| Huasna River Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Steele Ranch Deposit | Chromium | Prospect | ||
| Steele Ranch Magnesite | Magnesite | Occurrence | ||
| Lowe, Porter, Et Al. Limestone Dep. | Limestone, General | Occurrence | ||
| Morgan Limestone Deposit | Limestone, General | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reeves Place | 5.3 miles | 23 | |
| Hathaway Place | 5.8 miles | 23 | |
| Musick (historical) | 5.9 miles | 22 | |
| Nipomo | 7.0 miles | 20 | |
| Summit (historical) | 7.3 miles | 30 | |
| Hubert Place | 7.4 miles | 23 | |
| Renshaw Place | 7.7 miles | 23 | |
| Newsom Springs | 8.0 miles | 30 |
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 Huasna | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14682398 | The 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 1660774. 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.








