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Irma, 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 stands on San Roque Creek. The Survey maps it on the Goleta quadrangle.

Irma 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 Irma, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Irma, surveyed 1942

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

92 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 92 fires within 5 miles of Irma between 1994 and 2020, burning about 14,380 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/undetermined55
Equipment and vehicle use20
Debris and open burning6
Arson/incendiarism3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Smoking2
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
30 September 2017Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreLos Padres National ForestTROUT
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

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Santa Barbara County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Irma: 4 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Dimension, Magnesite, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Hogan QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
San Marcos Pass QuarryStone, DimensionPast Producer
Santa Barbara PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed LocationMagnesiteOccurrence

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
Mission0.9 miles21
Hope Ranch1.1 miles22
El Sueno1.4 miles22
Mission Canyon2.6 miles21
Santa Barbara3.0 miles21
Goleta4.0 miles22
La Patera4.7 miles22
Isla Vista5.8 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 253338. 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.