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Mission, 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 San Roque Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Santa Barbara quadrangle.

Mission within Santa Barbara County

Then and now

1944 to 1995

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Mission, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Mission, surveyed 1944

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 21 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

108 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 108 fires within 5 miles of Mission between 1992 and 2020, burning about 16,389 acres in total. 1 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined64
Equipment and vehicle use22
Debris and open burning5
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Smoking3
Arson/incendiarism3
Recreation and ceremony3
Fireworks2
Natural1
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
6 September 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreLos Padres National ForestGAP
30 September 2017Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreLos Padres National ForestTROUT
3 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLos Padres National ForestRADIO
28 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLos Padres National ForestWINDY
25 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined2,000 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
22 September 2005Other causesunder an acreLos Padres National ForestFLORES
13 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLos Padres National ForestWINDY
10 September 2011Natural300 acresSanta Barbara County Fire Departmentnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Santa Barbara County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Mission: 4 past producers, 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Dimension, Magnesite, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Carpinteria DepositClay, MontmorillonitePast Producer
Hogan QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
San Marcos Pass QuarryStone, DimensionPast Producer
Unnamed LocationMagnesiteOccurrence
Garey Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Santa Barbara PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Santa Barbara 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
Irma0.9 miles22
El Sueno1.7 miles22
Mission Canyon1.7 miles21
Hope Ranch2.0 miles22
Santa Barbara2.5 miles21
Goleta4.6 miles22
La Patera5.4 miles22
Montecito5.8 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 253343. 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.