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Reeves Place, California

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Arroyo Grande census division. It lies near Ranger Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Caldwell Mesa quadrangle.

Reeves Place 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 Reeves Place, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Reeves Place, surveyed 1922

Compare 1922 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 23 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

14 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Reeves Place between 1994 and 2016, burning about 4,783 acres in total. 1 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
Equipment and vehicle use5
Debris and open burning4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Smoking1
Natural1

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
2 September 1997Natural1.0 acresSan Luis Obispo UnitSNAG
28 August 2006Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresLos Padres National ForestCREEK
21 August 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreCentral California District9SLU003467
1 August 2002Debris and open burning10 acresCentral California DistrictBOBCAT
9 July 1998Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Luis Obispo UnitSLU-2602
30 July 1994Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresSan Luis Obispo UnitORCUTT
25 July 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1,600 acresSan Luis Obispo Unitnot named
17 July 2001Smokingunder an acreSan Luis Obispo UnitHUASNA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Luis Obispo County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Reeves Place: 3 occurrences, 2 prospects, 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Mercury, Limestone, General, Gold, Marble, Dimension. 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
Ezra Carpenter DepositMarble, DimensionOccurrence
Stanley Mountain Rare Ii AreaGoldProspect
Lowe, Porter, Et Al. Limestone Dep.Limestone, GeneralOccurrence
Lowe, Porter, Et Al. Limestone Dep.Limestone, GeneralOccurrence
Deer TrailMercuryPast Producer1915
Deer Trail MineMercuryPast Producer
Southview 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
Hathaway Place0.6 miles23
Hubert Place2.3 miles23
Renshaw Place2.6 miles23
Huasna5.3 miles20
Musick (historical)5.6 miles22
Pozo10.2 miles22
Pippin Corner10.5 miles22
Todd Place10.8 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1661299. 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.