BlockWilson Corner, California
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1922 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Atascadero census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93432. The Survey maps it on the Wilson Corner quadrangle.
Then and now
1922 to 1995The same ground, surveyed 73 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Compare 1922 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 21 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.
- 1922 USGS Pozo quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1947 USGS San Luis Obispo quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS San Luis Obispo quadrangle1:250000
- 1952 USGS Pozo quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS San Luis Obispo quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1957 USGS San Luis Obispo quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS San Luis Obispo quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Wilson Corner quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS San Luis Obispo quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1995 USGS Wilson Corner quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
31 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of Wilson Corner between 1992 and 2019, burning about 106,892 acres in total. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | San Luis Obispo Unit | LA PANZA |
| 30 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | San Luis Obispo Unit | SAN JUAN |
| 3 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Los Padres National Forest | RANGE |
| 27 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | San Luis Obispo Unit | LA PANZA |
| 24 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | San Luis Obispo Unit | ODONOVAN |
| 21 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | San Luis Obispo Unit | CRESTON |
| 1 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | LAPANZA 2 |
| 22 August 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 14 acres | Los Padres National Forest | FERNANDEZ |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Wilson Corner: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Pumice. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grey Eagle Mine | Pumice | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Navajo (historical) | 8.0 miles | 21 | |
| Creston | 8.4 miles | 25 | |
| Pozo | 11.4 miles | 22 | |
| La Panza | 11.4 miles | 23 | |
| Pippin Corner | 11.8 miles | 22 | |
| Cushing | 12.3 miles | 27 | |
| Linne | 12.4 miles | 25 | |
| Garden Farms | 12.5 miles | 27 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 253005. 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.