Port San Luis, California
27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the San Luis Obispo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93424. It lies near Wild Cherry Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Port San Luis quadrangle.
Then and now
1897 to 1981The 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.


On record in Port San Luis
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 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
San Luis Obispo Light Stationlisted 1991 · 1.0 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 27 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.
- 1897 USGS Port Harford quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1897 USGS Port San Luis quadrangle1:62500
- 1900 USGS San Luis quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1941 USGS Port San Luis quadrangle1:62500
- 1945 USGS Port San Luis quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS San Luis Obispo quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS San Luis Obispo quadrangle1:250000
- 1951 USGS Port San Luis quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS San Luis Obispo quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS San Luis Obispo quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS San Luis Obispo quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Port San Luis quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS San Luis Obispo quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
111 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 111 fires within 5 miles of Port San Luis between 1992 and 2020, burning about 564 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 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 | 51 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 33 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | San Luis Obispo Unit | JOHNSON |
| 30 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | San Luis Obispo Unit | ONTARIO RD / SAN LUIS BAY |
| 3 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | San Luis Obispo Unit | TANK |
| 29 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | San Luis Obispo Unit | MONTE |
| 27 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | San Luis Obispo Unit | 911 |
| 2 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | AVILA |
| 16 September 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | San Luis Obispo Unit | SEE CANYON RD SLO_CO |
| 15 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | San Luis Obispo Unit | HIGUERA |
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 San Luis: 2 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Diatomite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Los Penascos Ranch Deposit | Diatomite | Occurrence | ||
| Borrow Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Pacific Coast Coal Company | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Avila Beach | 1.3 miles | 32 | |
| Sycamore Springs | 2.3 miles | 32 | |
| Miles | 2.8 miles | 32 | |
| Sunset Palisades | 2.9 miles | 32 | |
| Shell Beach | 4.6 miles | 32 | |
| Pismo Beach | 6.4 miles | 32 | |
| Tiber | 7.2 miles | 34 | |
| Maxwellton (historical) | 7.6 miles | 34 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1661251. 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.












