Pacific Grove Acres, California
31 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1913 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Seaside-Monterey census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93950. The Survey maps it on the Monterey OE N quadrangle. It stands 125 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1913 to 1997The 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.


Compare 1913 against another survey:
On record in Pacific Grove Acres
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 6 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- Asilomar Conference GroundsNational Historic Landmark · listed 1987 · 0.8 miles away
Point Pinos Lighthouselisted 1977 · 0.4 miles away
Gosby House Innlisted 1980 · 0.8 miles away
Centrella Hotellisted 1982 · 0.8 miles away
Frank LaVerne Buck Houselisted 1986 · 0.9 miles away- Chautauqua Halllisted 2026 · 0.8 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 31 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.
- 1913 USGS Monterey quadrangle1:62500, 8 printings
- 1941 USGS Monterey quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Monterey quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1947 USGS Monterey quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1948 USGS Monterey quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Santa Cruz quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Santa Cruz quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Santa Cruz quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Santa Cruz quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Santa Cruz quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Monterey quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Monterey quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1997 USGS Monterey quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
265 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 265 fires within 5 miles of Pacific Grove Acres between 1992 and 2020, burning about 315 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 17 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 | 130 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 38 |
| Smoking | 31 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 22 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 17 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Natural | 3 |
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 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | MORSE |
| 9 September 2012 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | San Benito-Monterey Unit | MAJELLA RD / SLOAT RD |
| 8 September 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Central California District | EQUESTRIAN |
| 7 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Central California District | UNNAMED FIRE 1835 |
| 6 September 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | San Benito-Monterey Unit | 17 MILE DR / BIRD ROCK RD |
| 5 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | San Benito-Monterey Unit | BIRD |
| 5 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Central California District | BEU003326 |
| 4 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 21 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Pacific Grove Acres: 9 past producers, 8 producers, 4 prospects. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Silica. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Del Monte Prop. Co-Fan Shell Beach | Silica | Past Producer | ||
| Del Monte Prop. Co. - Fanshell Beah | Sand and Gravel, Construction, Feldspar | Past Producer | ||
| Sawmill Gulch | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Del Monte Properties Co | Stone | Producer | ||
| Jefferson Street Quarry | Stone | Producer | ||
| Ruthyen Pit | Stone | Producer | ||
| Atkinson Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| David Avenue | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Del Monte Properties Co. Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Del Monte Properties Co. Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pacific Grove | 1.0 miles | 31 | |
| New Monterey | 1.8 miles | 31 | |
| Cannery Row | 2.0 miles | 31 | |
| Monterey | 2.7 miles | 31 | |
| Del Monte Forest | 3.1 miles | 31 | |
| Del Monte | 3.8 miles | 30 | |
| Carmel Woods | 4.0 miles | 31 | |
| Pebble Beach | 4.4 miles | 31 |
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 Q7122469 | 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 1659332. 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.












