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Arlanza, California

43 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Riverside census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92503. It lies near Twin Buttes. The Survey maps it on the Riverside West quadrangle.

Arlanza 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 Arlanza, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Arlanza, surveyed 1901

Compare 1901 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

16 surveys from 43 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

1,316 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,316 fires within 5 miles of Arlanza between 1992 and 2020, burning about 8,674 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 134 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/undetermined658
Equipment and vehicle use225
Arson/incendiarism134
Smoking123
Misuse of fire by a minor96
Debris and open burning46
Recreation and ceremony16
Power generation/transmission/distribution13
Natural4
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 2020Arson/incendiarism7.0 acresRiverside UnitWOODWARD AV NORC
9 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionCLAY
9 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionSKYLOFT DR JRPV
9 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRiverside UnitCLUBHOUSE DR NORC
8 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRiverside UnitEL PALOMINO DR JRPV
8 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresRiverside UnitLIMONITE
8 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresRiverside UnitTYROLITE ST / MISSION BL
8 September 2002Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreRiverside UnitLOCAL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Riverside County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 28 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 28 workings within 5 miles of Arlanza: 26 past producers, 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Silica, Stone, Dimension, 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
Fletcher ProspectMolybdenum, CopperOccurrenceMolybdenite
Hancock Clay DepositClayPast Producer
Lane BrothersGranitePast Producer
Magstone ProductsLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Molybdenite OccurrenceMolybdenumOccurrence
Mobile Sand CompanySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Mt. Hole QuarriesStone, DimensionPast Producer
Santa Ana River PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Stone & Alexander QuarryFeldspar, SilicaPast Producer
Unnamed QuarryStone, DimensionPast 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
La Sierra Heights1.1 miles43
Arlington1.9 miles43
La Sierra2.2 miles43
Pedley2.3 miles43
Arlington Station2.4 miles43
Magnolia Avenue2.7 miles43
De Anza Village3.2 miles43
Casa Blanca3.4 miles43

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 Q17142941The 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 1660266. 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.