Pozo, California
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Atascadero census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93453. It stands on Pozo Creek. The Survey maps it on the Santa Margarita Lake quadrangle.
Then and now
1922 to 1995The same ground, surveyed 73 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1922 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 22 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.
- 1922 USGS Pozo quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1947 USGS San Luis Obispo quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS San Luis Obispo quadrangle1:250000
- 1952 USGS Pozo 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
- 1967 USGS Santa Margarita Lake quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS San Luis Obispo quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1995 USGS Santa Margarita Lake quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
37 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 37 fires within 5 miles of Pozo between 1993 and 2020, burning about 1,310 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 2 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 | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Los Padres National Forest | TROUT |
| 19 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | San Luis Obispo Unit | PARKHILL |
| 11 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | RIVER |
| 8 August 1994 | Natural | under an acre | San Luis Obispo Unit | LIGHTNING |
| 29 August 1994 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | San Luis Obispo Unit | HIGH |
| 28 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | POZO |
| 24 August 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | San Luis Obispo Unit | POZO |
| 21 August 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,150 acres | Los Padres National Forest | POZO |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 11 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Pozo: 8 prospects, 2 occurrences, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Mercury, Gold, Uranium, Gold, Silver. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fraser Canyon Prospect | Uranium, Gold, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Barbara Jane Prospect | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Santa Margarita Prospects | Uranium | Prospect | ||
| Frasier Canyon Deposit | Gold | Prospect | ||
| Gloria Placer | Gold | Prospect | ||
| Hangout Placer | Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Last Chance | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Mercury Belle Mine | Mercury | Prospect | ||
| Prospects | Mercury | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Mercury | Prospect |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pippin Corner | 1.4 miles | 22 | |
| Musick (historical) | 6.7 miles | 22 | |
| Navajo (historical) | 7.2 miles | 21 | |
| La Panza | 9.4 miles | 23 | |
| Reeves Place | 10.2 miles | 23 | |
| Hathaway Place | 10.3 miles | 23 | |
| Renshaw Place | 10.9 miles | 23 | |
| Hubert Place | 10.9 miles | 23 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Pozo | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7237048 | 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 247764. 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.









