San Felipe, California
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Diablo Range census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95020. The Survey maps it on the San Felipe quadrangle.
Then and now
1919 to 1983The same ground, surveyed 64 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 24 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.
- 1919 USGS Hollister quadrangle1:48000
- 1921 USGS Hollister quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1923 USGS Hollister quadrangle1:62500
- 1940 USGS Hollister quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Santa Cruz quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Hollister quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS San Felipe quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Santa Cruz quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Santa Cruz quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Santa Cruz quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Santa Cruz quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Monterey quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Monterey quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
289 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 289 fires within 5 miles of San Felipe between 1992 and 2020, burning about 32,662 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 12 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 119 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 112 |
| Debris and open burning | 20 |
| Smoking | 17 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Natural | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | COYOTE |
| 9 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Santa Clara Unit | OCONNEL |
| 8 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | LOVERS |
| 7 September 2011 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 10 acres | San Benito-Monterey Unit | SHORE RD / BOLSA RD |
| 7 September 2004 | Smoking | under an acre | San Benito-Monterey Unit | CABEU003662 |
| 7 September 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Santa Clara Unit | KONKLE |
| 6 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9.0 acres | Santa Clara Unit | CEDAR |
| 5 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | San Benito-Monterey Unit | TEQUISQUITA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of San Felipe: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pacheco Creek Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unidentified Gravel Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names San Felipe in 4 storm reports in 2017: 3 flash flood, 1 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2017 | Flash Flood | San Felipe | - | Coyote Creek near Gilroy gauge above flood stage. |
| February 2017 | Flash Flood | San Felipe | - | Pacheco Creek near Dunneville gauge above flood stage. |
| February 2017 | Flash Flood | San Felipe | - | Roadway flooding SR 152 at Casa De Fruta. |
| February 2017 | Flood | San Felipe | - | Roadway flooding on Highway 152 Westbound at Casa De Fruta. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sawyers Crossing (historical) | 5.5 miles | 29 | |
| Plantel (historical) | 6.0 miles | 29 | |
| Old Gilroy | 6.0 miles | 29 | |
| Carnadero | 6.6 miles | 29 | |
| Miller | 6.7 miles | 29 | |
| Nema (historical) | 7.0 miles | 29 | |
| Corporal | 7.4 miles | 29 | |
| Sargent | 7.7 miles | 29 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 252786. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.












