This list focuses primarily on the area covered in the Goleta and Santa Barbara areas, onshore and offshore, including general, historical and thematic information. The list is organized alphabetically by subject.  Individual sheet designations for maps within series have been given in many cases. Use the series index to determine the sheet if a sheet designation is not given.

Geospatial Collection staff will be happy to assist you.

Agriculture/Soils

Important Farmlands (By County)

  • Format: Flat map
  • Call No.: Geospatial Collection, Map Room Flatfiles   3851 J17 2000 .C3  

Soil Survey of Santa Barbara Co. South Coastal Part

  • Format: Flat map with accompanying text
  • Call No.: Geospatial Collection, Map Room Flatfiles   3701s J3 VAR .U5 CA Santa Barbara Co. south coast Ed.1981   
  • Format: Book
  • Call No.: Geospatial Collection, Map Room Reference   S599.C2 S44 1981

 

Ecology/Vegetation:  see Vegetation/Ecology

National Forests

National Forest Maps, filed by forest name

  • Format: Flat map  
  • Call No.:Main Library   Geospatial Collection, Map Room   3701s K3 VAR .U5 [Name of Forest]
  • Format: Folded map
  • Call No.: Main Library   Geospatial Collection, Map Room Vertical Files [Name of Forest]  

 

Topographic, Historical. (See also Land Ownership)

NOTE:  Maps published in 1921 or earlier are filed in Reference Collection

Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps

  • General Dates: late 1800s to early 1950s
  • Format: Slide sets 
  • Call No: Main Library   Geospatial Collection, Map Room Vertical Files 3851s G475 VAR .S3
  • Format: Microfilm roll  
  • Call No.: Main Library   Geospatial Collection, Map Room Microfilm 3851s G475 VAR .S3 reel 84
  • Also located in oversized book format for the City of Santa Barbara in Special Research Collections.

T-Series, U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey Maps 

  • General Dates: mid 1800s to early 1930s (reproductions)
  • Format: Flat map
  • Call No.: Main Library   Geospatial Collection, Map Room Flatfiles   3700s VAR .U45   
  • Use links below to help you identify sheet numbers.
  • An interactive web map with the historic T-series maps overlaid is also available at www.caltsheets.org--including shapefiles and kmz's of historic habitats.
  • NOAA's Non-georeferenced NOAA Shoreline Survey Scans site has scans of original maps and photostatic copies.  There are also geo-referenced versions of many of the maps, including kmz files, that allow the maps to be viewed using GIS software and Google Earth.

USGS Topographic Maps, scales as listed below. 

  • Format: Flat map
  • Call No.: see below (Note:  check regular AND reference collections for complete coverage of editions
    • Main Library   Geospatial Collection, Map Room Flatfiles   3700s VAR.U5 7.5’ 1:24,000 Goleta and Santa Barbara quadrangles. (1950s-present).
    • Main Library   Geospatial Collection, Map Room Flatfiles   3700s VAR .U5 15’ 1:63,360 Goleta and Santa Barbara quadrangles. (1900s-1950s,  out of print)
    • Main Library   Geospatial Collection, Map Room Flatfiles   3700s VAR .U5 30’ 1:130,000 Santa Barbara quadrangle (late 1800s, early 1900s, out of print) 
  • Digital:  USGS topographic maps of the United States are available online via Topoview (National Geologic Map Database), the USGS Map Locator & Downloader, and the USGS Historical Topographic Map Explorer (in partnership with Esri).

Defense Mapping Agency (DMA) Topographic Map Series V895 1:25,000 

  • General Dates: 1940s-1950s
  • Format: Flat map 
  • Call No.:  Main Library   Geospatial Collection, Map Room Flatfiles 3850s 25 .U45 Sheets 2052 I(4 quads) and 2052 IV (4 quads)

Defense Mapping Agency (DMA) Topographic Map Series V795 1:50,000 

  • General Dates: 1940s-1950s
  • Format: Flat map
  • Call No.: Main Library   Geospatial Collection, Map Room   3700s 50 .U5  Sheets 2052 I and 2052 IV

Santa Barbara County Flood Control District Topographic Maps 

  • General Dates: mainly 1995
  • Format: Flat map
  • Call No.: various series by area, local areas listed below. 
  • Carpinteria 1”=200’:  Main Library   Geospatial Collection, Map Room Flatfiles   3854.C33s 2 .S3  
  • Goleta Valley:  1”=200’: Main Library   Geospatial Collection, Map Room Flatfiles   3853.S3:282s 2 .S3  
  • Montecito 1”=200’:  Main Library   Geospatial Collection, Map Room Flatfiles   3854.M723s 2 .S3
  • Santa Barbara (city) 1”=100’:  Main Library   Geospatial Collection, Map Room Flatfiles   3854.S68s 1 .S3 (note:  publication dates in 1960s)
  • Santa Barbara (city) 1”=200’:  Main Library   Geospatial Collection, Map Room Flatfiles   3854.S68s 2 .S3 

Diseños maps

  • Format: Flat map
  • Call No.: Main Library   Geospatial Collection, Map Room Flatfiles   3853.S3s S1 VAR .S3 

Various General Map Sets of Santa Barbara County 

  • Format: Flat map 
  • Call No.: Various, see folders marked 3853.S3 1800-1909 and 3853 .S3 1910-1965

Land Ownership Set of County 

  • Format: Flat map
  • Call No.: see folders marked 3853. S3 G46 YEAR and 3853.S3:282 G46 YEAR

Various City Maps of Goleta / Santa Barbara Area

  • Goleta: try 3854.G6 YEAR
  • Isla Vista: try 3854.I64 YEAR
  • Santa Barbara: try 3854 .S68 YEAR
  • Santa Barbara (county): 3853.S3 YEAR

Maps of City of Santa Barbara

  • (historical, showing land ownership) 
  • Format: Flat map
  • Call No.: 3854.S68 G46 YEAR

 

Flood Prone Areas

Maps of Flood Prone Areas

  • Format: Flat map 
  • Call No.: Main Library   Geospatial Collection, Map Room Flatfiles  3701s C32 VAR .U5 Calif  Goleta and Santa Barbara sheets

Fema Flood Insurance Rate Maps

  • Format: Flat map 
  • Call No.:  Main Library   Geospatial Collection, Map Room Flatfiles   3701s C32 VAR .U52 Santa Barbara County Use index # 060331-0000 and 060335-0000

 

Geology

Index to Geologic mapping of California held in the Geospatial Collection 

Shows maps published at scales greater than 1:250,000 

  • Format: Flat map
  • Call No.: 3851s C59 1000 .M5

Dibblee Foundation map

  • Format: Flat map
  • Call No.: Main Library   Geospatial Collection, Map Room Flatfiles   3851s C5 VAR .T5  Goleta and Santa Barbara Quadrangles
  • Format: Digital
  • Call No.: Consult Interdisciplinary Research Collaboratory for access

Geology of the central Santa Ynez Mountains, Santa Barbara County, California

  • Format: Text with maps in pocket
  • Call No.: Main Library   Geospatial Collection, Map Room Atlases   QE90 S17 D52

Geologic Atlas of California 

  • Format: Book 
  • Call No.:  Main Library   Geospatial Collection, Map Room Reference   G1526.C5 C3 1958 OVERSIZE  
  • Format: Flat map  
  • Call No.:  Main Library   Geospatial Collection, Map Room Flatfiles   3851s C5 250.C3   Los Angeles Sheet

Geological Hazards Base Map, City of Santa Barbara

  • Format: Flat map
  • Call No.: Main Library   Geospatial Collection, Map Room Flatfiles   3854.S68 C1 1975 .R4  

Online Index: National Geologic Map Database

Art Sylvester’s Earthquake Slides

 

Land Ownership (See also Topographic, Historical)

NOTE:  Maps published in 1921 or earlier are filed in Reference Collection

Sanborn Fire Insurance Maps

  • General Dates: late 1800s to early 1950s
  • Format: Slide sets
  • Coverage: city centers in San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara and Ventura Counties
  • Call No.: Main Library   Geospatial Collection, Map Room Vertical Files  3851s G475 VAR .S3
  • Format: Microfilm
  • Call No.: Main Library   Geospatial Collection, Map Room Microfilm 3851s G475 VAR .S3 reel 84
  • Also located in oversized book hard copy format for the City of Santa Barbara in Special Research Collections.

Various General Map Sets of Santa Barbara County

  • Format: Flat map
  • Call No.: Various, see folders marked 3853.S3 1800-1909 and 3853 .S3 1910-1965

Land Ownership Set of Santa Barbara County 

  • Format: Flat map 
  • Call No.: see folder marked 3853.SS3 G46 YEAR

Land Ownership for Region of County 

  • Format: Flat map
  • Call No.: see folder marked 3853.S3:282.G46 YEAR

Map of Santa Barbara (historical, showing land ownership)

  • Format: Flat map
  • Call No.: 3854.S68 G46 YEAR

California 1991 Agri-land Santa Barbara Co. Property Ownership Plat Book and Guide

  • Format: Book
  • Call No.: Main Library   Geospatial Collection, Map Room Atlases Oversize   G1528.S3G46 C35 1991  

REDI Real Estate Atlas of Santa Barbara, Parcel Number Ownership

  • Format: Atlas
  • Call No.: G 1528 S3 R393 1973-1981 excluding 1980;  G 1528 S3 R393 1980 only

REDI Real Estate Atlas of Santa Barbara Co. 

  • Format: Microfiche
  • Call No.: G 1528 S3 R396, editions of 1982-present

 

Land Use

Land Use Overlays For 1:24,000 Topographic Maps 

  • Format: Flat map
  • Call No.: Main Library   Geospatial Collection, Map Room Flatfiles   3851s G43 24 .C3  Sheets 61-38 and 61-39

Land Use Overlays, Various Scales 

  • Format: Flat map
  • Call No.: Main Library   Geospatial Collection, Map Room Flatfiles  3701s G43 VAR U51   Los Angeles Sheet

Santa Barbara General Plan Maps 

  • Format: Flat map
  • Call No.: Main Library   Geospatial Collection, Map Room Flatfiles   3853.S3s G44 VAR .S31  

 

National Parks and Monuments

Filed by park or monument name 

  • Format: Flat map
  • Call No.: Main Library   Geospatial Collection, Map Room Flatfiles 3701s G52 VAR .U54 [National park or monument name]
  • Format: Folded map
  • Call No.: Main Library   Geospatial Collection, Map Room Vertical Files 3701s G52 VAR .U57 [National park or monument name]

 

Vegetation/Ecology

Vegetation Type Map 

  • Format: Flat map 
  • Call No.:  Main Library   Geospatial Collection, Map Room Flatfiles   3851s D5 VAR .U5 Sheets 159A, 159B

Santa Barbara County Shoreline Inventory 

  • Format: Flat map
  • Call No.: Main Library Geospatial Collection, Map Room Flatfiles 3853 .S3:2 D2 1994 .C5 
  • Format:  Online access
  • Call No.: Main Library   Data Collection 3853 .S3:2 D2 1994 .C5 (restricted to UCSB affiliates - Consult Interdisciplinary Research Collaboratory)

Santa Barbara County General Plan 

  • Format: Flat map
  • Call No.:  Main Library   Geospatial Collection, Map Room Flatfiles   3853.S3s G44 VAR .S31  Sheets 8B, 10J (Montecito only), 11I, 11J

National Wetlands Inventory

  • Format: CD
  • Call No.:  Main Library   Collaboratory, Data Disk Collection   3701s D2 24 .G4 CD  

Natural Diversity Data Base (NDDB)

  • Format: Flat map
  • Call No.: Main Library   Geospatial Collection, Map Room Flatfiles   3853 .S3:282 D6 1991 .C3   Goleta and Santa Barbara sheets

National Wetlands Inventory 

  • Format: Flat map
  • Call No.: 3701s D2 100 .U5 Santa Barbara sheet
  • Format: CD
  • Call No.:  Main Library   Collaboratory, Data Disk Collection   3701s D2 24 .G4 CD 

1:250,000-scale map of Pacific Coast ecological inventory

  • Format: Flat map
  • Call No.: Main Library   Geospatial Collection, Map Room Flatfiles   3786s D2 250 .U5 Los Angeles  

 

Watershed/Groundwater

South Coast Watershed Map 

  • Format: Flat map
  • Call No.: Main Library   Geospatial Collection, Map Room Flatfiles   3853 .S3:282 C3 1975 .S3    (In 2 sheets)

Santa Barbara County General Plan Maps 

  • Format: Flat map
  • Call No.: Main Library   Geospatial Collection, Map Room Flatfiles   3853.S3s G44 

Santa Barbara Channel & Offshore Santa Barbara / Goleta:

Bathymetry 

  • Format:  Flat map
  • Call No.: Main Library   Geospatial Collection, Map Room Flatfiles 9507.N2s C2 48 .C6
  • Call No.: Main Library   Geospatial Collection, Map Room Flatfiles 3700s 250 .U54 Los Angeles sheet, some editions have bathymetric contours

Geology 

  • Format:  Flat map
  • Call No.: Main Library   Geospatial Collection, Map Room Flatfiles 9507.N2444s C1 250 .C3
  • Call No.: Main Library   Geospatial Collection, Map Room Flatfiles 9507.N2446 C1 through C54 subjects, various years
  • Call No.:Main Library   Geospatial Collection, Map Room Flatfiles  9507.N2447 C1 through C54 subjects, various years
  • Call No.:Main Library   Geospatial Collection, Map Room Flatfiles  3851s C5 VAR C33, sheet one (entire state and offshore California fault map)

Kelp Groves (see also Vegetation/Ecology) 

  • Format:  Flat map
  • Call No.: Main Library   Geospatial Collection, Map Room Flatfiles 9507 .N2s D4 VAR .U5
  • Call No.: Main Library   Geospatial Collection, Map Room Flatfiles 9605 .N2447s D5 24 .K4
  • Call No.:Main Library   Geospatial Collection, Map Room Flatfiles  3786s D2 250 .U5 Los Angeles Sheet
  • Call No.: Main Library   Geospatial Collection, Map Room Flatfiles 3853.S3:2 D2 1994 .C5 in regular map collection and ready ref., also on diskette
  • Call No.: Main Library   Geospatial Collection, Map Room Flatfiles 3701s D2 100 .U5 Santa Barbara sheet

Oil And Gas 

  • Format:  Flat map
  • Call No.: Main Library   Geospatial Collection, Map Room Flatfiles 9507.N24S H8 VAR .M8
  • Call No.: Main Library   Geospatial Collection, Map Room Flatfiles 9507.N2446 H8 YEAR Call No.: 9507.N2447 H8 YEAR

Multi-Subject Set 

  • Call No.: Main Library   Geospatial Collection, Map Room Flatfiles 9507 .N2447 1977 .U5