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Laguna West, 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. The Survey maps it on the Florin quadrangle.

Laguna West 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 West, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Laguna West, 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

48 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 48 fires within 5 miles of Laguna West between 2001 and 2020, burning about 581 acres in total. None 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined34
Equipment and vehicle use7
Arson/incendiarism3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Recreation and ceremony1
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
9 September 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAmador-El Dorado Unitnot named
24 September 2011Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAmador-El Dorado Unitnot named
17 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreStone Lakes National Wildlife RefugeI5 ELKGR
14 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
14 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
19 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresStone Lakes National Wildlife RefugeCOURTLAND
17 August 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
12 August 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreStone Lakes National Wildlife RefugeHOOD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Sacramento County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Laguna West: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Calcium. 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
Clarksburg PlantCalciumProducer

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
Laguna2.6 miles22
Freeport3.0 miles25
Franklin3.3 miles22
Pollock4.5 miles22
Hood4.6 miles27
Hood Junction4.7 miles27
Parkway5.0 miles22
Camden5.0 miles22

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.

Wikidata item Q122570574The 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 254537. 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.