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Klau, California

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Paso Robles census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93446. The Survey maps it on the Lime Mountain quadrangle.

Klau within San Luis Obispo County

Then and now

1919 to 1989

The same ground, surveyed 70 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Klau, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of Klau, surveyed 1919

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 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

47 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 47 fires within 5 miles of Klau between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,172 acres in total. 3 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
Equipment and vehicle use18
Missing data/not specified/undetermined17
Debris and open burning4
Arson/incendiarism3
Natural3
Misuse of fire by a minor1
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
9 September 1992Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSan Luis Obispo UnitSLU-2885
29 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Luis Obispo UnitCHIMNEY
25 September 1999Natural6.0 acresSan Luis Obispo UnitCHIMNEY
23 September 1999Naturalunder an acreCentral California DistrictROCK
21 September 1994Natural6.0 acresSan Luis Obispo UnitVULTURE
18 September 1993Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Luis Obispo UnitSLU 3262
15 September 1994Equipment and vehicle use40 acresSan Luis Obispo UnitLAKE
14 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Luis Obispo Unitnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Luis Obispo County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 36 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 36 workings within 5 miles of Klau: 12 prospects, 9 past producers, 7 occurrences, 5 producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Mercury, Chromium, Manganese, Limestone, General. 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
Marquart MineAntimonyProspect
Unnamed QuarryPumicePast Producer
Almaden DepositLimestone, GeneralOccurrence
Dubost DepositLimestone, GeneralProspect
Mayfield ProspectManganeseOccurrence
Mayfield ProspectManganeseOccurrence1918
Fitzhugh Ranch DepositsChromiumProspect
James Wheeler ClaimsChromiumProspect
Peppard Ranch DepositChromiumOccurrence
Buena VistaMercuryProducer

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
Adelaida1.7 miles26
Lake Nacimiento7.1 miles22
Paso Robles10.6 miles27
Harmony10.6 miles22
East Village10.7 miles22
Oak Park10.8 miles27
Tin City10.8 miles22
Cambria10.9 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1660841. 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.