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Union, California

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Paso Robles census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93446. The Survey maps it on the Estrella quadrangle.

Union within San Luis Obispo County

Then and now

1919 to 1989

The same ground, surveyed 70 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Union, surveyed 1989
Topographic sheet of Union, surveyed 1919

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 27 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

254 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 254 fires within 5 miles of Union between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,070 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 7 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/undetermined106
Equipment and vehicle use95
Debris and open burning25
Misuse of fire by a minor10
Arson/incendiarism7
Smoking4
Natural3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Other causes1
Recreation and ceremony1

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 2004Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Luis Obispo UnitEUREKA
9 September 2001Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresSan Luis Obispo UnitHANSON
8 September 2006Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresSan Luis Obispo UnitCRESTON
7 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionUNION RD SLO_CO
7 September 2008Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresSan Luis Obispo UnitGENESEO 2
7 September 1995Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Luis Obispo UnitSLU-3093
7 September 1992Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresSan Luis Obispo UnitSLU 2851
6 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Luis Obispo UnitGENESEO

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Luis Obispo 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 Union: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Branch PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

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
Whitley Gardens3.2 miles27
Bern3.7 miles27
Linne4.5 miles25
Estrella5.4 miles27
Capital Hill6.4 miles27
Oak Park6.9 miles27
Paso Robles6.9 miles27
Wellsona8.1 miles27

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1667686. 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.