Mascorini Place, California
28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Soledad census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93927. It lies near Sugarloaf. The Survey maps it on the Chews Ridge quadrangle.
Then and now
1920 to 1995The same ground, surveyed 75 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1920 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 28 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.
- 1920 USGS Jamesburg quadrangle1:48000
- 1921 USGS Jamesburg quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1939 USGS Jamesburg quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1940 USGS Jamesburg quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1947 USGS Jamesburg quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS Santa Cruz quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Santa Cruz quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Chews Ridge quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS Santa Cruz quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Santa Cruz quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Santa Cruz quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Monterey quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Point Sur quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1995 USGS Chews Ridge quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
31 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of Mascorini Place between 1992 and 2020, burning about 7,260 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 24 acres | San Benito-Monterey Unit | CABEU003655 |
| 19 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,100 acres | San Benito-Monterey Unit | TASSAJARA |
| 19 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | San Benito-Monterey Unit | CABEU003549 |
| 17 September 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | KINCANNON |
| 14 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 25 acres | San Benito-Monterey Unit | CABEU 003463 |
| 6 August 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Los Padres National Forest | PARROTT |
| 4 August 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Los Padres National Forest | CHEWS |
| 4 August 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | San Benito-Monterey Unit | RESNICK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Mascorini Place: 4 prospects, 3 occurrences, 1 producer, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Mercury, Uranium, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lambert Ranch Deposit | Limestone, General | Prospect | ||
| Chews Ridge Area | Uranium | Producer | ||
| Chews Ridge Area | Uranium | Prospect | ||
| Moore Ranch | Mercury | Occurrence | 1885 | |
| Moore Ranch | Mercury | Prospect | ||
| Red Hill Mercury | Mercury | Prospect | ||
| Section 31 Mercury | Mercury | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Mercury | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Occurence | Mercury | Occurrence | Cinnabar |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jamesburg | 3.6 miles | 28 | |
| Tassajara Hot Springs | 8.5 miles | 23 | |
| Millers Ranch | 8.7 miles | 21 | |
| Arroyo Center | 8.9 miles | 26 | |
| Sycamore Flat | 9.3 miles | 21 | |
| Fort Romie | 9.9 miles | 20 | |
| Molus | 10.3 miles | 22 | |
| Camphora | 10.5 miles | 20 |
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 Q122569302 | The 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 1656566. 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.













