Old Town, California

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Carpinteria census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93013. It stands on Franklin Creek. The Survey maps it on the Carpinteria quadrangle.

Old Town 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 Old Town, surveyed 1995

Topographic sheet of Old Town, surveyed 1944

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 25 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.

1944 USGS Carpinteria quadrangle1:31680
1949 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1952 USGS Carpinteria quadrangle1:24000, 8 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
1976 USGS Carpinteria quadrangle1:24000
1977 USGS Carpinteria quadrangle1:24000
1980 USGS Carpinteria quadrangle1:24000
1982 USGS Santa Barbara quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
1995 USGS Carpinteria quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

20 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Old Town between 1992 and 2020, burning about 18 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	12
Power generation/transmission/distribution	4
Equipment and vehicle use	3
Smoking	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
6 September 1992	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	10 acres	Los Padres National Forest	CRAVENS
3 September 2017	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection	not named
24 September 2016	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection	not named
6 August 2013	Smoking	under an acre	Santa Barbara County Fire Department	not named
2 July 2007	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection	not named
16 July 2009	Power generation/transmission/distribution	under an acre	Los Padres National Forest	TORO
12 July 1995	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Los Padres National Forest	ESPERANZA
2 June 2000	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Los Padres National Forest	LILLINGTON

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Santa Barbara County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Old Town: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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
	Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Franciscan Village	0.5 miles	25
Sandyland Cove	0.5 miles	25
Carpinteria	0.7 miles	25
Sandyland	0.9 miles	25
Mishopshnow (historical)	1.0 miles	25
Serena	1.5 miles	25
Toro Canyon	2.2 miles	25
Serena Park	2.5 miles	25

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1661141. 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.