BlockMussel Shoals, California
27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Ventura census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93001. It lies near Rincon Island. The Survey maps it on the Pitas Point quadrangle.
Then and now
1904 to 1982The same ground, surveyed 78 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 27 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.
- 1904 USGS Ventura quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1941 USGS Ventura quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1949 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Pitas Point quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1951 USGS Pitas Point quadrangle1:24000, 2 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
- 1982 USGS Santa Barbara quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
29 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Mussel Shoals between 1995 and 2020, burning about 4,774 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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/undetermined | 23 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 6 September 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 30 acres | Los Padres National Forest | CASITAS |
| 3 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 1 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ventura County Fire Department | not named |
| 22 August 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4,500 acres | Fort Hunter Liggett | MISSION |
| 2 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ventura County Fire Department | not named |
| 29 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Ventura County Fire Department | not named |
| 27 July 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 233 acres | Los Padres National Forest | TINTA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| La Conchita | 0.5 miles | 27 | |
| Sea Cliff | 1.5 miles | 27 | |
| Rincon | 2.2 miles | 27 | |
| Los Pitos (historical) | 3.9 miles | 27 | |
| Faria | 3.9 miles | 27 | |
| Dulah | 5.3 miles | 29 | |
| Casitas Springs | 7.3 miles | 29 | |
| Foster Park | 7.3 miles | 29 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1702929. 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.