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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.

Port San Luis within San Luis Obispo County

Then and now

1897 to 1981

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 Port San Luis, surveyed 1981
Topographic sheet of Port San Luis, surveyed 1897

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.

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 27 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

111 since 1992

Regional 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/undetermined51
Equipment and vehicle use33
Debris and open burning6
Arson/incendiarism6
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Recreation and ceremony4
Smoking3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3

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
7 September 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Luis Obispo UnitJOHNSON
30 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Luis Obispo UnitONTARIO RD / SAN LUIS BAY
3 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSan Luis Obispo UnitTANK
29 September 1997Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Luis Obispo UnitMONTE
27 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSan Luis Obispo Unit911
2 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionAVILA
16 September 2009Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Luis Obispo UnitSEE CANYON RD SLO_CO
15 September 2010Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Luis Obispo UnitHIGUERA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Luis Obispo 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 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Los Penascos Ranch DepositDiatomiteOccurrence
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Pacific Coast Coal CompanySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in San Luis Obispo 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
Avila Beach1.3 miles32
Sycamore Springs2.3 miles32
Miles2.8 miles32
Sunset Palisades2.9 miles32
Shell Beach4.6 miles32
Pismo Beach6.4 miles32
Tiber7.2 miles34
Maxwellton (historical)7.6 miles34

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.