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San Lorenzo Park, California

33 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the San Lorenzo Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 95006. It stands on Stapling Creek. The Survey maps it on the Big Basin quadrangle.

San Lorenzo Park within Santa Cruz County

Then and now

1902 to 1997

The same ground, surveyed 95 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of San Lorenzo Park, surveyed 1997
Topographic sheet of San Lorenzo Park, surveyed 1902

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 33 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

244 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 244 fires within 5 miles of San Lorenzo Park between 1992 and 2020, burning about 8,324 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 11 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/undetermined101
Equipment and vehicle use58
Misuse of fire by a minor19
Debris and open burning18
Recreation and ceremony15
Arson/incendiarism11
Smoking8
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Natural6
Other causes1

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
9 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitLOST
9 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitEMPIRE GRADE
9 September 1999Natural1.0 acresSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitBASIN #1
9 September 1999Naturalunder an acreSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitBIG BASIN #2
9 September 1993Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitBEAR CREEK #3
9 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitBEAR CREEK NUMBER 2
8 September 1999Naturalunder an acreSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitUPPER
7 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Mateo-Santa Cruz UnitJAMISON

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Santa Cruz County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of San Lorenzo Park: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold. 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
Unnamed LocationGoldOccurrence

Every working recorded in Santa Cruz 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
Riverside Grove1.5 miles33
Redwood Grove2.7 miles33
Rices Junction3.1 miles33
Wildwood3.1 miles33
Bracken Brae3.9 miles33
Forest Springs4.0 miles33
Forest Park4.3 miles33
Boulder Creek5.0 miles34

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 232436. 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.