Talk:Rancho Piedra Blanca

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Boundary problem[edit]

We give the common boundary of Rancho Piedra Blanca and Rancho San Simeon as Arroyo del Padre Juan Moreno. However, the survey maps for Piedra Blanca (1876) and San Simeon (1860) give this as Arroyo del Pinal, and the USGS 1:24,000 quad maps show this common boundary at Pico Creek (which is the large drainage just N of San Simeon Acres (new San Simeon). The course of Pico Creek on the topo matches the old survey plats pretty well, so I think that Pico Creek = Arroyo del Pinal. Search "Pico Creek" at http://mapper.acme.com/ (choose Topo) to visualize this. Map link

By comparison, Arroyo del Padre Juan Moreno, the next drainage S of Pico, is the minor drainage that has the San Simeon sewage plant at its mouth.

So I'm pretty sure that Pico Creek (= Arroyo del Pinal in 1860-76) is the correct boundary. --Pete Tillman (talk) 00:24, 20 May 2015 (UTC), retired geologist, Cambria[reply]

Area of land grant[edit]

Just for fun, I divided the area (in acres) by 11 leagues, and got about 4436 acres per square league -- compare this to 4428 acres in a "standard" Spanish American colonial league. Pretty close! --Pete Tillman (talk) 20:06, 20 May 2015 (UTC)[reply]