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La Salle, California

29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Lompoc census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93436. It lies in La Salle Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Surf quadrangle.

La Salle 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 La Salle, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of La Salle, surveyed 1905

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 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 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of La Salle between 2005 and 2020, burning about 1,771 acres in total. None 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined24
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Debris and open burning1
Arson/incendiarism1
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
28 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.4 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
23 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
23 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
20 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined490 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
18 August 2005Misuse of fire by a minor6.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
13 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSanta Barbara County Fire Departmentnot named
11 August 2009Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
7 July 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot 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 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of La Salle: 8 past producers, 3 producers, 3 occurrences. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Diatomite, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Dimension, 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
Miguelito Canyon QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Las Cruces QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast Producer
Sanford QuarryStone, DimensionProducer
Tolbert PitStone, DimensionPast Producer
Unnamed Limestone DepositsLimestone, GeneralOccurrence
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Dibble PitDiatomitePast 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
Acorn (historical)1.8 miles32
Foothill Estates2.5 miles32
Ellwood Estates2.7 miles32
Lompoc Village3.1 miles32
Lompoc3.7 miles32
Baroda4.4 miles29
Surf4.8 miles29
Mesa Oaks5.0 miles32

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 252917. 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.