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Logan, California

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the San Juan Bautista census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95004. The Survey maps it on the Watsonville East quadrangle.

Logan within San Benito County

Then and now

1915 to 1995

The same ground, surveyed 80 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Logan, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Logan, surveyed 1915

Compare 1915 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 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

363 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 363 fires within 5 miles of Logan between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,073 acres in total. None started naturally. 12 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/undetermined139
Equipment and vehicle use127
Debris and open burning43
Misuse of fire by a minor16
Arson/incendiarism12
Power generation/transmission/distribution9
Smoking7
Recreation and ceremony5
Fireworks2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Other causes1

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 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Benito-Monterey UnitBETABEL
9 September 2001Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Benito-Monterey UnitPG&E #24
9 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Benito-Monterey UnitHULSE 2
9 September 1992Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Benito-Monterey UnitP.G.& E. #17
8 September 2015Equipment and vehicle use7.0 acresSan Benito-Monterey UnitAROMAS
8 September 2004Equipment and vehicle use7.0 acresSan Benito-Monterey UnitCABEU003678
8 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresSan Benito-Monterey UnitMERRILL
7 September 2004Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Benito-Monterey UnitCABEU003655

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Benito County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Logan: 4 producers, 2 past producers, 1 prospect, 1 occurrence. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Limestone, General. 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
Los VergalesLimestone, GeneralProspectSedimentary
Logan Quarry and MillStoneProducer
Unnamed QuarryStonePast Producer
Arthur R. Wilson QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Granite Rock QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Sann Juan Pit #6Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Williams QuarryStone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

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
Aromas1.4 miles27
River Oaks2.0 miles29
San Juan Bautista6.5 miles25
Fep (historical)7.1 miles29
Morse8.7 miles26
Hudner9.6 miles24
Dunneville11.9 miles24
Duri (historical)12.1 miles26

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1658994. 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.