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Oleo, California

48 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Anaheim-Santa Ana-Garden Grove census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92821. It lies near Tonner Canyon. The Survey maps it on the La Habra quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Oleo within Orange County

Then and now

1896 to 1983

The same ground, surveyed 87 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Oleo (historical), surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Oleo (historical), surveyed 1896

Compare 1896 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

20 surveys from 48 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

156 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 156 fires within 5 miles of Oleo (historical) between 2004 and 2020, burning about 152 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 26 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/undetermined75
Arson/incendiarism26
Equipment and vehicle use19
Smoking14
Misuse of fire by a minor14
Debris and open burning5
Natural2
Recreation and ceremony1

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 2009Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
7 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
27 September 2010Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
27 September 2005Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
26 September 2010Smoking1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
25 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
25 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined35 acresOrange County Fire AuthorityCARBON FIRE
22 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Orange County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Oleo (historical): 4 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Geothermal. 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
Alvardo Hot SpringsGeothermalOccurrence
La Habra Sand & Gravel Co.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Lindauer & SopnsSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Lindauer CorpSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Lindauer DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Orange 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
Brea Chem0.5 miles46
Brea1.2 miles47
Olinda (historical)2.2 miles46
Daum (historical)2.5 miles43
Carlton2.5 miles46
Sunny Hills3.4 miles47
Placentia3.4 miles46
La Habra3.7 miles47

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1666045. 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.