Las Cruces, California
27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Lompoc census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93117. It lies near CaƱada De Las Cruces. The Survey maps it on the Solvang quadrangle.
Then and now
1905 to 1995The same ground, surveyed 90 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1905 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
15 surveys from 27 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.
- 1905 USGS Lompoc quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1942 USGS Lompoc quadrangle1:125000
- 1942 USGS Los Olivos quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Lompoc quadrangle1:125000
- 1943 USGS Los Olivos quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS Santa Maria quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Santa Maria quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Santa Maria quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Santa Maria quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Los Olivos quadrangle1:62500
- 1959 USGS Solvang quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1962 USGS Santa Maria quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Santa Maria quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Santa Maria quadrangle1:250000
- 1995 USGS Solvang quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
23 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Las Cruces between 1993 and 2019, burning about 8,485 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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/undetermined | 21 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 155 acres | Santa Barbara County Fire Department | HIGHWAY |
| 26 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 24 September 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 375 acres | Los Padres National Forest | HOMESTEAD |
| 19 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Santa Barbara County Fire Department | not named |
| 1 August 1996 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 80 acres | Los Padres National Forest | NAJOQUI |
| 4 July 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Santa Barbara County Fire Department | not named |
| 18 July 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Santa Barbara County Fire Department | not named |
| 15 July 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.4 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Las Cruces: 5 past producers, 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General, Bentonite, Stone, Dimension. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bentonite Prospect | Bentonite | Occurrence | ||
| Flagstone Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Diatomite Deposits | Diatomite | Occurrence | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Limestone Deposit | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Limestone Deposit | Limestone, General | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Port Orford | 2.6 miles | 21 | |
| Gaviota | 2.6 miles | 21 | |
| Sacate | 4.2 miles | 18 | |
| Drake | 4.7 miles | 18 | |
| Tajiguas | 7.0 miles | 20 | |
| Buellton | 7.5 miles | 27 | |
| San Augustine | 7.6 miles | 18 | |
| Solvang | 7.8 miles | 27 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1660894. 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.














