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Oak Park, California

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Paso Robles census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93446. It lies near Norn Hill. The Survey maps it on the Paso Robles quadrangle.

Oak Park within San Luis Obispo County

Then and now

1919 to 1989

The same ground, surveyed 70 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Oak Park, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of Oak Park, surveyed 1919

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 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

444 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 444 fires within 5 miles of Oak Park between 1992 and 2020, burning about 837 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 8 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/undetermined207
Equipment and vehicle use162
Debris and open burning32
Misuse of fire by a minor14
Smoking11
Arson/incendiarism8
Recreation and ceremony3
Natural2
Other causes2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Luis Obispo UnitWELLSONA
9 September 2004Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Luis Obispo UnitEUREKA
9 September 2001Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresSan Luis Obispo UnitHANSON
8 September 2006Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresSan Luis Obispo UnitCRESTON
7 September 2014Other causesunder an acreSan Luis Obispo UnitRIVER
7 September 1995Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Luis Obispo UnitSLU-3093
6 September 2004Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresSan Luis Obispo Unit101
6 September 1995Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Luis Obispo UnitSLU 3085

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Luis Obispo County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Oak Park: 6 producers, 1 past producer. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Manganese, 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
Mountain Springs QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Thompson DepositManganeseProducer
12th Street PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Branch PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Munari Salinas River PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
North River Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Paso Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in San Luis Obispo 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
Paso Robles1.5 miles27
Capital Hill1.5 miles27
Wellsona3.4 miles27
Estrella5.8 miles27
Old Adobe6.2 miles27
San Lawrence Terrace6.8 miles27
Templeton6.8 miles26
Union6.9 miles27

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1661129. 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.