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La Panza, California

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Atascadero census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93453. The Survey maps it on the La Panza quadrangle.

La Panza within San Luis Obispo County

Then and now

1932 to 1995

The same ground, surveyed 63 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of La Panza, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of La Panza, surveyed 1932

Compare 1932 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 23 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

25 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of La Panza between 1993 and 2017, burning about 1,321 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 1 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
Equipment and vehicle use10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Natural4
Debris and open burning2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
14 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresLos Padres National ForestSTAIRSTEP
30 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined22 acresSan Luis Obispo UnitPOZO
2 August 2017Natural451 acresLos Padres National ForestRED
17 August 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined715 acresLos Padres National ForestRED HILL
14 August 2006Equipment and vehicle use7.0 acresSan Luis Obispo UnitLAKE
11 August 2013Power generation/transmission/distribution8.6 acresSan Luis Obispo UnitNAVAJO
1 August 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Luis Obispo UnitW POZO RD / CALF CANYON H
31 July 1997Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreLos Padres National ForestNAVAJO

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 25 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 25 workings within 5 miles of La Panza: 9 occurrences, 8 prospects, 5 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Uranium, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Silver. 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
F ProspectCopper, Gold, Silver, UraniumProspect
Bee Tee ProspectUranium, Gold, SilverOccurrence
Pine Mountain Trail ProspectUranium, Gold, SilverOccurrence
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Navajo Creek PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
A-34 ProspectGold, UraniumProspect
B.E. ProspectUraniumOccurrence
Clyde's Saylor ProspectUraniumOccurrence
Haynes ProspectsGold, UraniumOccurrence

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
Navajo (historical)3.7 miles21
Martinez Place5.7 miles23
Todd Place6.6 miles23
Pozo9.4 miles22
Pippin Corner10.8 miles22
Wilson Corner11.4 miles21
California Valley11.4 miles24
Simmler12.1 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1660863. 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.