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Llanada, California

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the San Benito-Bitterwater census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95043. It lies near Bitterwater Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Llanada quadrangle. It stands 1,417 feet above sea level.

Llanada within San Benito County

Then and now

1913 to 1982

The same ground, surveyed 69 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Llanada, surveyed 1982
Topographic sheet of Llanada, surveyed 1913

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 19 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

18 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Llanada between 1992 and 2018, burning about 620 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 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/undetermined6
Equipment and vehicle use4
Debris and open burning4
Arson/incendiarism2
Natural1
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
3 September 2004Smokingunder an acreCentral California DistrictCABEU 003557
15 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionANTELOPE
4 August 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined225 acresSan Benito-Monterey UnitPANOCHE #9
2 August 1995Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresCentral California DistrictSTEEP
3 July 1995Arson/incendiarism300 acresCentral California DistrictPANOCHE
23 July 2006Natural15 acresSan Benito-Monterey UnitCABEU002689
2 July 1995Equipment and vehicle use56 acresSan Benito-Monterey UnitRAVECKER
28 June 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Benito-Monterey UnitCABEU 002191

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Benito County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 28 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 28 workings within 5 miles of Llanada: 17 past producers, 8 prospects, 2 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Mercury, Manganese, Copper. 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
Berg Copper ProspectCopperProspect
Hannagan Ranch DepositManganeseProducer
Hannagan Ranch DepositManganeseProspect1918
Unnamed ProspectCopperOccurrence
Bitter WaterMercuryPast ProducerCinnabar
Bitter Water MineMercuryPast Producer
Cerro BonitoMercuryPast Producer1873
Cerro Bonito MineMercuryPast Producer
El CajonMercuryPast Producer1955
El CajonMercuryProspect

Every working recorded in San Benito 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
Panoche4.5 miles20
San Benito11.1 miles20
Pinnacles13.3 miles24
Bitterwater16.4 miles23
Idria18.5 miles21
Paicines20.9 miles21
Tres Pinos24.8 miles24
Vineyard (historical)26.7 miles26

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 Q6661062The 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 252726. 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.