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Lodge Hill, California

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1980. It stands in the North Coast census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93428. It stands on Perry Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cambria quadrangle.

Lodge Hill within San Luis Obispo County

Then and now

1919 to 1980

The same ground, surveyed 61 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Lodge Hill, surveyed 1980
Topographic sheet of Lodge Hill, surveyed 1919

On record in Lodge Hill

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

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

105 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 105 fires within 5 miles of Lodge Hill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 342 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 1 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/undetermined46
Equipment and vehicle use29
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Debris and open burning6
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Natural4
Recreation and ceremony4
Smoking1
Arson/incendiarism1

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 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Luis Obispo UnitBURTON DR CAMBRIA 71
3 September 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSan Luis Obispo UnitMOONSTONE
26 September 2003Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresSan Luis Obispo UnitCREEK
25 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Luis Obispo UnitVILLAGE
23 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSan Luis Obispo UnitTRENTON ST CMB
23 September 1999Naturalunder an acreSan Luis Obispo UnitSMOKE CHECK
20 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined25 acresSan Luis Obispo UnitSUMMIT
19 September 1994Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Luis Obispo UnitMAIN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Luis Obispo County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 20 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Lodge Hill: 13 past producers, 3 producers, 2 prospects, 2 occurrences. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Mercury, Chromium. 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
Phelan ProspectManganeseOccurrence1918
Rogers Ranch OccurrenceChromiumOccurrenceChromite
San Simeon Creek DepositAntimonyPast Producer
Bianchi QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Cambria PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Rancho San Simeon PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Warren Ranch DepositMercuryProspect
Wittenberg MineMercuryProspect
Wittenberg RanchMercuryPast Producer1900
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in San Luis Obispo 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
Marine Terrace0.8 miles22
Tin City0.9 miles22
Cambria0.9 miles22
East Village1.1 miles22
Cambria Pines1.3 miles22
West Village1.5 miles22
Park Hill1.6 miles22
Happy Hill1.9 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1872230. 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.