Old Adobe, 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 Bridge Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Paso Robles quadrangle.
Then and now
1919 to 1989The 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.


On record in Old Adobe
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.
Caledonia AdobeNational Historic Landmark · listed 1971 · 0.1 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 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.
- 1919 USGS Paso Robles quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1943 USGS Paso Robles quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS San Luis Obispo quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Paso Robles quadrangle1:24000, 7 printings
- 1948 USGS Paso Robles quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS San Luis Obispo quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS San Luis Obispo quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS San Luis Obispo quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS San Luis Obispo quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Paso Robles quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1989 USGS Paso Robles quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
246 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 246 fires within 5 miles of Old Adobe between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,525 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 6 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 | 109 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 96 |
| Debris and open burning | 19 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | San Luis Obispo Unit | WELLSONA |
| 8 September 1994 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | San Luis Obispo Unit | RIVER |
| 7 September 2014 | Other causes | under an acre | San Luis Obispo Unit | RIVER |
| 5 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | San Luis Obispo Unit | WELLSONA |
| 4 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | San Luis Obispo Unit | SETTLER |
| 4 September 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | San Luis Obispo Unit | WELLSONA |
| 27 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | San Luis Obispo Unit | WELLSONA |
| 26 September 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | San Luis Obispo Unit | MONTEREY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Old Adobe: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Manganese, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estrella Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Thompson Deposit | Manganese | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Lawrence Terrace | 1.0 miles | 27 | |
| San Miguel | 1.0 miles | 21 | |
| Wellsona | 2.8 miles | 27 | |
| McKay | 3.4 miles | 21 | |
| Estrella | 5.2 miles | 27 | |
| Oak Park | 6.2 miles | 27 | |
| Capital Hill | 7.7 miles | 27 | |
| Paso Robles | 7.7 miles | 27 |
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 Q122573135 | 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 1661137. 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.










