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.
Then and now
1932 to 1995The 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.


Compare 1932 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 23 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1932 USGS La Panza quadrangle1:48000
- 1935 USGS La Panza quadrangle1:62500
- 1936 USGS La Panza quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1947 USGS San Luis Obispo quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS San Luis Obispo quadrangle1:250000
- 1952 USGS La Panza quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS San Luis Obispo quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS San Luis Obispo quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS San Luis Obispo quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS La Panza quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS San Luis Obispo quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1995 USGS La Panza quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
25 since 1993Regional 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 use | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Los Padres National Forest | STAIRSTEP |
| 30 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 acres | San Luis Obispo Unit | POZO |
| 2 August 2017 | Natural | 451 acres | Los Padres National Forest | RED |
| 17 August 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 715 acres | Los Padres National Forest | RED HILL |
| 14 August 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 7.0 acres | San Luis Obispo Unit | LAKE |
| 11 August 2013 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 8.6 acres | San Luis Obispo Unit | NAVAJO |
| 1 August 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | San Luis Obispo Unit | W POZO RD / CALF CANYON H |
| 31 July 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Los Padres National Forest | NAVAJO |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 25 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| F Prospect | Copper, Gold, Silver, Uranium | Prospect | ||
| Bee Tee Prospect | Uranium, Gold, Silver | Occurrence | ||
| Pine Mountain Trail Prospect | Uranium, Gold, Silver | Occurrence | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Navajo Creek Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| A-34 Prospect | Gold, Uranium | Prospect | ||
| B.E. Prospect | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Clyde's Saylor Prospect | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Haynes Prospects | Gold, Uranium | Occurrence |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Navajo (historical) | 3.7 miles | 21 | |
| Martinez Place | 5.7 miles | 23 | |
| Todd Place | 6.6 miles | 23 | |
| Pozo | 9.4 miles | 22 | |
| Pippin Corner | 10.8 miles | 22 | |
| Wilson Corner | 11.4 miles | 21 | |
| California Valley | 11.4 miles | 24 | |
| Simmler | 12.1 miles | 23 |
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.











