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Jonata Park, California

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Solvang-Santa Ynez census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93427. It lies near CaƱada Botella. The Survey maps it on the Zaca Creek quadrangle.

Jonata Park 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 Jonata Park, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of Jonata Park, surveyed 1905

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 25 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

62 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 62 fires within 5 miles of Jonata Park between 2005 and 2020, burning about 284 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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/undetermined43
Equipment and vehicle use9
Debris and open burning5
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Arson/incendiarism2
Smoking1

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
30 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresSanta Barbara County Fire Departmentnot named
3 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined14 acresSanta Barbara County Fire Departmentnot named
27 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSanta Barbara County Fire Departmentnot named
26 September 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
26 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
1 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
9 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSanta Barbara County Fire Departmentnot named
9 August 2012Missing 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

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Jonata Park: 4 past producers, 4 occurrences, 2 producers, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Diatomite, Chromium, 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
Live Oak Shale QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
American ChromeChromiumOccurrence
American Chrome DepositChromiumOccurrenceChromite
Unnamed Diatomite DepositDiatomiteProspect
Unnamed Diatomite DepositsDiatomiteOccurrence
Unnamed Diatomite DepositsDiatomiteOccurrence
Buell Flat BarSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gardner Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Haskell PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

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
Buellton2.6 miles27
Los Olivos3.9 miles26
Ballard3.9 miles26
Solvang4.5 miles27
Santa Ynez6.1 miles26
Los Alamos8.1 miles31
Las Cruces10.2 miles27
Cachuma Village11.2 miles29

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.

Wikidata item Q122553298The 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 1733263. 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.