Mission Canyon, California
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Santa Barbara census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93105. It lies near Rattlesnake Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Santa Barbara quadrangle. 2,540 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 633 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1944 to 1995The same ground, surveyed 51 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in Mission Canyon
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.
Santa Barbara MissionNational Historic Landmark · listed 1966 · 0.9 miles away
Population over time
2 figuresMission Canyon grew from 2,381 to 2,540 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2,381 | |
| 2020 | 2,540 | +159 (+7%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 21 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.
- 1944 USGS Santa Barbara quadrangle1:31680
- 1949 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1952 USGS Santa Barbara quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1955 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1966 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1976 USGS Santa Barbara quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Santa Barbara quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1995 USGS Santa Barbara quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
93 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 93 fires within 5 miles of Mission Canyon between 1992 and 2020, burning about 16,593 acres in total. 2 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/undetermined | 61 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 15 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Los Padres National Forest | RADIO |
| 28 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Los Padres National Forest | WINDY |
| 25 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,000 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 22 September 2005 | Other causes | under an acre | Los Padres National Forest | FLORES |
| 13 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Los Padres National Forest | WINDY |
| 10 September 2011 | Natural | 300 acres | Santa Barbara County Fire Department | not named |
| 8 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 6 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Santa Barbara County Fire Department | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Mission Canyon: 3 past producers, 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Magnesite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carpinteria Deposit | Clay, Montmorillonite | Past Producer | ||
| Hogan Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Location | Magnesite | Occurrence | ||
| Garey Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Santa Barbara Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mission | 1.7 miles | 21 | |
| Santa Barbara | 2.2 miles | 21 | |
| Irma | 2.6 miles | 22 | |
| El Sueno | 3.1 miles | 22 | |
| Hope Ranch | 3.7 miles | 22 | |
| Montecito | 4.4 miles | 21 | |
| Goleta | 6.2 miles | 22 | |
| Summerland | 6.5 miles | 25 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Mission Canyon | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2537425 | 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 1853400. 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.









