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Antelope Hills, California

35 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Murrieta census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92563. It lies near Hogbacks. The Survey maps it on the Murrieta quadrangle.

Antelope Hills within Riverside County

Then and now

1901 to 1983

The same ground, surveyed 82 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Antelope Hills, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Antelope Hills, surveyed 1901

Compare 1901 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 35 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

586 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 586 fires within 5 miles of Antelope Hills between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,998 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 41 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/undetermined284
Equipment and vehicle use129
Misuse of fire by a minor68
Arson/incendiarism41
Smoking29
Debris and open burning21
Recreation and ceremony5
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Natural4

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 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionMERRITT RD / AARON RD
9 September 2008Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresRiverside UnitLINDENBERGER
9 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresRiverside UnitLOCAL
9 September 1996Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreRiverside UnitSTATE
8 September 2020Arson/incendiarismunder an acreRiverside UnitSCENIC VIEW DR / KELLER R
8 September 2005Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresRiverside UnitGARBONI
8 September 1992Recreation and ceremony1.5 acresRiverside UnitSTATE FIRE 1386
7 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionWINCHESTER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Riverside County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Antelope Hills: 8 past producers, 4 producers, 2 occurrences, 2 prospects. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Feldspar, Silica, 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
Electric Copper and GoldCopper, Gold, SilverOccurrenceVein
Encaustic Tiling CoFeldspar, SilicaProducer
Leon MineGold, SilverPast Producer
Murrieta Hot SpringsGeothermalProducer
Riverside Co. Gravel PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Wildomar Kaolin DepositClayOccurrence
Murrieta PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Temecula Sand Company PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
American Encaustic Tiling Co.Feldspar, SilicaPast Producer
Blom MineFeldspar, SilicaPast Producer

Every working recorded in Riverside 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
Dutch Village3.1 miles36
Murrieta Hot Springs3.1 miles35
Country Road Estates4.1 miles36
Murrieta4.3 miles35
Menifee Lakes5.1 miles35
Linda Rose5.3 miles35
Auld (historical)5.8 miles36
Wildomar6.0 miles35

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 Q17141449The 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 1849572. 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.