Slates Hot Springs, California
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Big Sur census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93920. It lies near Hot Springs Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Lopez Point OE W quadrangle. It stands 118 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1921 to 1982The same ground, surveyed 61 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1921 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 19 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.
- 1921 USGS Lucia quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1941 USGS Lucia quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Lucia quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1948 USGS Santa Cruz quadrangle1:250000, 2 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
- 1982 USGS Point Sur quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
25 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Slates Hot Springs between 1992 and 2020, burning about 124,980 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Los Padres National Forest | FLARE |
| 9 September 1998 | Smoking | under an acre | Los Padres National Forest | LIME |
| 8 September 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Los Padres National Forest | GOOD DEAL |
| 8 September 1992 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Los Padres National Forest | SOUTHCOAST |
| 7 September 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Los Padres National Forest | PARTINGTON |
| 28 August 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Los Padres National Forest | CENTER |
| 18 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 124,924 acres | Los Padres National Forest | DOLAN |
| 4 July 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Los Padres National Forest | ROAD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Slates Hot Springs: 2 producers, 1 prospect, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Geothermal, Limestone, General. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dolan's Hot Springs | Geothermal | Producer | ||
| Marble Peak | Limestone, General | Prospect | Sedimentary | |
| Marble Peak | Limestone, General | Occurrence | ||
| Slate's Hot Springs | Geothermal | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lucia | 8.4 miles | 24 | |
| Tassajara Hot Springs | 9.0 miles | 23 | |
| Posts | 9.9 miles | 17 | |
| Arroyo Center | 11.6 miles | 26 | |
| Big Sur | 13.6 miles | 25 | |
| Millers Ranch | 14.1 miles | 21 | |
| Gorda | 15.9 miles | 29 | |
| Sycamore Flat | 16.3 miles | 21 |
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 Slates Hot Springs | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7538920 | 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 1670900. 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.









