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Oceano Beach, California

30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Arroyo Grande census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93445. It lies near Cienega Valley. The Survey maps it on the Oceano OE W quadrangle.

Oceano Beach within San Luis Obispo County

Then and now

1897 to 1981

The same ground, surveyed 84 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Oceano Beach, surveyed 1981
Topographic sheet of Oceano Beach, surveyed 1897

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 30 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

349 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 349 fires within 5 miles of Oceano Beach between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,400 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 19 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/undetermined175
Equipment and vehicle use81
Debris and open burning20
Arson/incendiarism19
Misuse of fire by a minor18
Smoking17
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Recreation and ceremony7
Natural4
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
8 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
8 September 2007Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresSan Luis Obispo UnitOCEANO DUNES STATE PA 125
5 September 1992Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Luis Obispo UnitSLU 2313
4 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSan Luis Obispo UnitEMS3CDF/
30 September 2020Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreSan Luis Obispo UnitFAIR OAKS AVE AG
3 September 2007Smokingunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
3 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSan Luis Obispo UnitTANK
29 September 2005Equipment and vehicle use6.0 acresSan Luis Obispo UnitMICHAEL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Luis Obispo County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Oceano Beach: 6 occurrences, 4 past producers, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Diatomite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Uranium. 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
Arroyo Grande Creek DepositGypsum-AnhydriteOccurrence
Newsome Marl DepositCalciumOccurrence
Oceano Sand PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Owen GroupUraniumProducer
Unnamed Limestone DepositLimestone, GeneralOccurrence
Unnamed Pumice OccurrencePumiceOccurrence
Pismo Heights Co.DiatomiteOccurrence
Unnamed Diatomite DepositDiatomiteOccurrence
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitsSand 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
Oceano1.0 miles30
Grover Beach1.2 miles30
Cienega Seabreeze Mobile Home Park1.5 miles30
Cuna Vista Mobile Home Park1.6 miles30
Portico Mobile Home and Garden Park1.6 miles30
Fairoaks1.7 miles30
Rancho del Arroyo Mobile Home Park1.8 miles30
Halcyon1.8 miles30

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 Q122541245The 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 1670670. 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.