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Junction Camp, California

29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Solvang-Santa Ynez census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93441. It lies near Figueroa Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Figueroa Mountain quadrangle.

Junction Camp within Santa Barbara County

Then and now

1902 to 1995

The same ground, surveyed 93 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Junction Camp, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Junction Camp, surveyed 1902

Compare 1902 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 29 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

29 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Junction Camp between 1993 and 2019, burning about 45,702 acres in total. 5 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/undetermined10
Natural5
Recreation and ceremony3
Arson/incendiarism3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Smoking2
Debris and open burning2
Other causes1

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
25 September 1993Smoking43,201 acresLos Padres National ForestMARRE
10 September 2011Natural102 acresLos Padres National ForestGOAT
10 September 2011Naturalunder an acreLos Padres National ForestTUNNEL
10 September 2011Naturalunder an acreLos Padres National ForestDRAINAGE
17 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.9 acresLos Padres National ForestGLASS
14 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSanta Barbara County Fire Departmentnot named
12 August 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined50 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
1 August 2000Natural75 acresLos Padres National ForestCACHUMA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Santa Barbara County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 53 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 53 workings within 5 miles of Junction Camp: 24 occurrences, 12 past producers, 11 prospects, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Chromium, Mercury, Manganese, Copper. 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
Chicken Spring ClaimChromium, Iron, ManganesePast Producer1952
Figueroa DepositGold, Copper, SilverProspect
Happy Canyon Magnesia ClaimMagnesiteOccurrence
Joe Grano Zinc ClaimsZincOccurrence
Bacon MineChromium, IronPast Producer1918
Roberts ClaimsChromium, IronPast Producer
Copper KingCopperPast ProducerVein
Copper KingCopperProspect
Laguna RanchCopperOccurrenceVein
Laguna Ranch DepositCopperProspect

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
Los Olivos8.4 miles26
Santa Ynez9.7 miles26
Ballard9.7 miles26
Cachuma Village10.1 miles29
Jonata Park12.2 miles25
Solvang12.6 miles27
Buellton13.9 miles27
Los Alamos15.8 miles31

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 Q122598346The 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 1656549. 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.