Palmer, California

29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Santa Maria census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93454. The Survey maps it on the Sisquoc quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Palmer within Santa Barbara County

Then and now

1905 to 1989

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 Palmer (historical), surveyed 1989

Topographic sheet of Palmer (historical), surveyed 1905

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 29 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.

1905 USGS Lompoc quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
1942 USGS Lompoc quadrangle1:125000
1942 USGS Santa Maria quadrangle1:62500
1943 USGS Lompoc quadrangle1:125000
1947 USGS Careaga Canyon quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1947 USGS Santa Maria quadrangle1:62500
1948 USGS Santa Maria quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1956 USGS Santa Maria quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1957 USGS Santa Maria quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Santa Maria quadrangle1:250000
1959 USGS Santa Maria quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1959 USGS Sisquoc quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1962 USGS Santa Maria quadrangle1:250000
1982 USGS Santa Maria quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1989 USGS Santa Maria quadrangle1:250000

Fires near this place

67 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 67 fires within 5 miles of Palmer (historical) between 2005 and 2020, burning about 777 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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	61
Power generation/transmission/distribution	3
Equipment and vehicle use	1
Arson/incendiarism	1
Debris and open burning	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 2019	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Santa Barbara County Fire Department	not named
9 September 2019	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Santa Barbara County Fire Department	not named
9 September 2019	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	7.5 acres	Santa Barbara County Fire Department	not named
7 September 2015	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Santa Barbara County Fire Department	not named
28 September 2018	Arson/incendiarism	1.4 acres	California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection	not named
17 September 2020	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2.0 acres	Santa Barbara County Fire Department	not named
15 September 2010	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection	not named
14 September 2016	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2.0 acres	California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Santa Barbara County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Palmer (historical): 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
Sisquoc Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Sisquoc Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Sisquoc Pit & Mill	Sand and Gravel, Construction	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
Roadamite (historical)	1.0 miles	29
Sisquoc	2.9 miles	29
Bicknell	3.9 miles	29
Garey	4.1 miles	27
Cimarron Estates	4.9 miles	29
Los Alamos	6.3 miles	31
Orcutt	6.5 miles	29
Rex	8.5 miles	29

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1871660. 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.