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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.

Las Cruces within Santa Barbara County

Then and now

1905 to 1995

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Las Cruces, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Las Cruces, surveyed 1905

Compare 1905 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 27 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

23 since 1993

Regional 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/undetermined21
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined155 acresSanta Barbara County Fire DepartmentHIGHWAY
26 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
24 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined375 acresLos Padres National ForestHOMESTEAD
19 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSanta Barbara County Fire Departmentnot named
1 August 1996Power generation/transmission/distribution80 acresLos Padres National ForestNAJOQUI
4 July 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSanta Barbara County Fire Departmentnot named
18 July 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSanta Barbara County Fire Departmentnot named
15 July 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.4 acresCalifornia 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

7 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Bentonite ProspectBentoniteOccurrence
Flagstone QuarryStone, DimensionPast Producer
Unnamed Diatomite DepositsDiatomiteOccurrence
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Limestone DepositLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Limestone DepositLimestone, GeneralPast 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
Port Orford2.6 miles21
Gaviota2.6 miles21
Sacate4.2 miles18
Drake4.7 miles18
Tajiguas7.0 miles20
Buellton7.5 miles27
San Augustine7.6 miles18
Solvang7.8 miles27

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.