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.
Then and now
1921 to 1995The 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.


Compare 1921 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 23 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
- 1956 USGS Tassajara Hot Springs quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 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
- 1995 USGS Zigzag Creek quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
42 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 13 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 12 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 1999 | Natural | 12,960 acres | Los Padres National Forest | FIVE |
| 8 September 1999 | Natural | 23,761 acres | Los Padres National Forest | TASSAJARA |
| 29 September 2010 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3.1 acres | Los Padres National Forest | BONEYARD |
| 22 September 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 768 acres | Los Padres National Forest | FREDS'S |
| 15 August 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Los Padres National Forest | SLIDE |
| 12 August 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Los Padres National Forest | HORSE |
| 1 August 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,559 acres | Los Padres National Forest | SECO |
| 6 July 1997 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Los Padres National Forest | DUMPSTER2 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arroyo Seco Area | Uranium | Prospect | ||
| Tassajara Hot Springs | Geothermal | Producer | ||
| Unnamed | Graphite | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Molybdenum | Prospect | ||
| Arroyo Seco | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Tassajara Deposits | Limestone, General | Prospect | Sedimentary | |
| Tassajara Deposits | Limestone, General | Past Producer | ||
| Tassajara Hot Spring Deposits | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arroyo Center | 4.1 miles | 26 | |
| Millers Ranch | 6.4 miles | 21 | |
| Mascorini Place | 8.5 miles | 28 | |
| Sycamore Flat | 8.5 miles | 21 | |
| Slates Hot Springs | 9.0 miles | 19 | |
| Jamesburg | 9.6 miles | 28 | |
| Posts | 11.4 miles | 17 | |
| Big Sur | 13.9 miles | 25 |
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 Springs | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7687625 | 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 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.











