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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.

Huasna within San Luis Obispo County

Then and now

1922 to 1981

The 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 sheet of Huasna, surveyed 1981
Topographic sheet of Huasna, surveyed 1922

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 20 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

34 since 1992

Regional 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/undetermined14
Equipment and vehicle use12
Debris and open burning5
Natural1
Smoking1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
23 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionCREEK
20 September 2017Equipment and vehicle use244 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionHUASNA
19 September 1992Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresSan Luis Obispo UnitSLU 2996
22 August 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Luis Obispo UnitBOBCAT
20 August 1996Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresSan Luis Obispo UnitMANUELA
15 August 2008Naturalunder an acreSan Luis Obispo UnitCOYOTE
1 August 2002Debris and open burning10 acresCentral California DistrictBOBCAT
9 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionCOUGAR

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Luis Obispo County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
DepositBarium-BariteOccurrence
Ezra Carpenter DepositMarble, DimensionOccurrence
Huasna River PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Steele Ranch DepositChromiumProspect
Steele Ranch MagnesiteMagnesiteOccurrence
Lowe, Porter, Et Al. Limestone Dep.Limestone, GeneralOccurrence
Morgan Limestone DepositLimestone, GeneralOccurrence

Every working recorded in San Luis Obispo 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
Reeves Place5.3 miles23
Hathaway Place5.8 miles23
Musick (historical)5.9 miles22
Nipomo7.0 miles20
Summit (historical)7.3 miles30
Hubert Place7.4 miles23
Renshaw Place7.7 miles23
Newsom Springs8.0 miles30

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 HuasnaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q14682398The 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.