BlockPort Orford, California
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Lompoc census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93117. It lies near Cañada de la Gaviota. The Survey maps it on the Gaviota quadrangle.
Then and now
1942 to 1995The same ground, surveyed 53 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Compare 1942 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 21 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.
- 1942 USGS Gaviota quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Gaviota quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Gaviota quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Santa Maria quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Gaviota quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1956 USGS Santa Maria quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Santa Maria quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Santa Maria quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Santa Maria quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Gaviota quadrangle1:62500
- 1981 USGS Point Conception quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Santa Maria quadrangle1:250000
- 1995 USGS Gaviota quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
13 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Port Orford between 1993 and 2019, burning about 8,324 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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 24 September 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 375 acres | Los Padres National Forest | HOMESTEAD |
| 1 August 1996 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 80 acres | Los Padres National Forest | NAJOQUI |
| 15 July 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.4 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 9 June 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Santa Barbara County Fire Department | not named |
| 7 June 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 5 June 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7,440 acres | Los Padres National Forest | GAVIOTA |
| 18 June 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Santa Barbara County Fire Department | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Port Orford: 2 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Bentonite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bentonite Prospect | Bentonite | Occurrence | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gaviota | 0.7 miles | 21 | |
| Las Cruces | 2.6 miles | 27 | |
| Sacate | 3.4 miles | 18 | |
| Drake | 4.0 miles | 18 | |
| Tajiguas | 6.4 miles | 20 | |
| San Augustine | 6.9 miles | 18 | |
| Gato | 8.0 miles | 16 | |
| Orella (historical) | 9.4 miles | 20 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1656521. 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.