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Laguna, California

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Sacramento census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95758. It stands on Elk Grove Creek. The Survey maps it on the Florin quadrangle. 34,309 people lived here at the 2000 count. It stands 30 feet above sea level.

Laguna within Sacramento County

Then and now

1894 to 1993

The same ground, surveyed 99 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Laguna, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Laguna, surveyed 1894

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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

122 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 122 fires within 5 miles of Laguna between 1997 and 2020, burning about 606 acres in total. None started naturally. 13 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/undetermined88
Arson/incendiarism13
Equipment and vehicle use11
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Smoking4
Debris and open burning1

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 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAmador-El Dorado Unitnot named
9 September 2009Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
9 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
4 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
3 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAmador-El Dorado Unitnot named
22 September 2005Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
18 September 2009Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
17 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreStone Lakes National Wildlife RefugeI5 ELKGR

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sacramento County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Laguna: 4 producers, 3 past producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Lithium. 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
Preston Hanford Sand and GravelLithiumProducer
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Borrow PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Sacramento County PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Sacramento County PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
West Coast Building WreckSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Sacramento 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
Camden2.4 miles22
Laguna West2.6 miles22
Oo-moo-chah (historical)2.9 miles26
Elk Grove2.9 miles26
Graham (historical)3.0 miles22
Fallbrook3.3 miles26
Franklin3.3 miles22
Freeport5.0 miles25

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.

Wikipedia article on LagunaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1271807The 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 1867033. 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.