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Tassajara Hot Springs, California

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Soledad census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93927. It stands on Church Creek. The Survey maps it on the Zigzag Creek quadrangle. It stands 1,637 feet above sea level.

Tassajara Hot Springs within Monterey County

Then and now

1921 to 1995

The same ground, surveyed 74 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Tassajara Hot Springs, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Tassajara Hot Springs, surveyed 1921

Compare 1921 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 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

42 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 42 fires within 5 miles of Tassajara Hot Springs between 1992 and 2020, burning about 40,402 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 4 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/undetermined13
Recreation and ceremony12
Arson/incendiarism4
Smoking4
Equipment and vehicle use2
Natural2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Debris and open burning2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 1999Natural12,960 acresLos Padres National ForestFIVE
8 September 1999Natural23,761 acresLos Padres National ForestTASSAJARA
29 September 2010Power generation/transmission/distribution3.1 acresLos Padres National ForestBONEYARD
22 September 2004Arson/incendiarism768 acresLos Padres National ForestFREDS'S
15 August 2004Arson/incendiarismunder an acreLos Padres National ForestSLIDE
12 August 1992Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresLos Padres National ForestHORSE
1 August 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined2,559 acresLos Padres National ForestSECO
6 July 1997Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreLos Padres National ForestDUMPSTER2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Monterey County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Tassajara Hot Springs: 3 prospects, 3 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Uranium, Molybdenum. 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
Arroyo Seco AreaUraniumProspect
Tassajara Hot SpringsGeothermalProducer
UnnamedGraphiteProducer
Unnamed ProspectMolybdenumProspect
Arroyo SecoStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Tassajara DepositsLimestone, GeneralProspectSedimentary
Tassajara DepositsLimestone, GeneralPast Producer
Tassajara Hot Spring DepositsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Monterey 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
Arroyo Center4.1 miles26
Millers Ranch6.4 miles21
Mascorini Place8.5 miles28
Sycamore Flat8.5 miles21
Slates Hot Springs9.0 miles19
Jamesburg9.6 miles28
Posts11.4 miles17
Big Sur13.9 miles25

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 Tassajara Hot SpringsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7687625The 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 1661551. 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.