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Todd Place, California

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Atascadero census division. The Survey maps it on the La Panza quadrangle.

Todd Place within San Luis Obispo County

Then and now

1932 to 1995

The same ground, surveyed 63 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Todd Place, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Todd Place, surveyed 1932

Compare 1932 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

2 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Todd Place between 1994 and 2017, burning about 184 acres in total. None 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
Debris and open burning1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
5 July 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.5 acresCentral California DistrictJACKS
12 January 1994Debris and open burning180 acresLos Padres National ForestPELADO

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Luis Obispo County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Todd Place: 3 occurrences, 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Uranium, Gold, Silver. 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
Bee Tee ProspectUranium, Gold, SilverOccurrence
B.E. ProspectUraniumOccurrence
Beartrap Creek AreaGoldProspect
Morning Star Placer Mining Co.GoldOccurrence
North Fork Willow Canyon AreaGoldProspect

Every working recorded in San Luis Obispo 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
Martinez Place1.0 miles23
La Panza6.6 miles23
Renshaw Place8.8 miles23
California Valley8.9 miles24
Hubert Place9.1 miles23
Navajo (historical)9.6 miles21
Hathaway Place10.3 miles23
Simmler10.8 miles23

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.

Wikidata item Q122563035The 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 1661575. 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.