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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.

Pozo within San Luis Obispo County

Then and now

1922 to 1995

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Pozo, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Pozo, surveyed 1922

Compare 1922 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 22 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

37 since 1993

Regional 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/undetermined15
Equipment and vehicle use13
Debris and open burning3
Natural2
Recreation and ceremony2
Arson/incendiarism2

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
4 September 1998Naturalunder an acreLos Padres National ForestTROUT
19 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Luis Obispo UnitPARKHILL
11 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionRIVER
8 August 1994Naturalunder an acreSan Luis Obispo UnitLIGHTNING
29 August 1994Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Luis Obispo UnitHIGH
28 August 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionPOZO
24 August 1997Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresSan Luis Obispo UnitPOZO
21 August 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1,150 acresLos Padres National ForestPOZO

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Luis Obispo County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Fraser Canyon ProspectUranium, Gold, SilverProspect
Barbara Jane ProspectUraniumOccurrence
Santa Margarita ProspectsUraniumProspect
Frasier Canyon DepositGoldProspect
Gloria PlacerGoldProspect
Hangout PlacerGoldOccurrence
Last ChanceGoldPast Producer
Mercury Belle MineMercuryProspect
ProspectsMercuryProspect
Unnamed ProspectMercuryProspect

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
Pippin Corner1.4 miles22
Musick (historical)6.7 miles22
Navajo (historical)7.2 miles21
La Panza9.4 miles23
Reeves Place10.2 miles23
Hathaway Place10.3 miles23
Renshaw Place10.9 miles23
Hubert Place10.9 miles23

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 PozoAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7237048The 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.