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Arlington Station, 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. The Survey maps it on the Riverside West quadrangle.

Arlington Station 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 Arlington Station, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Arlington Station, surveyed 1901

Compare 1901 against another survey:

On record in Arlington Station

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 2 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

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

745 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 745 fires within 5 miles of Arlington Station between 1992 and 2020, burning about 8,074 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 84 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/undetermined376
Equipment and vehicle use118
Arson/incendiarism84
Misuse of fire by a minor56
Smoking48
Debris and open burning33
Power generation/transmission/distribution12
Recreation and ceremony11
Natural6
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 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionCLAY
9 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRiverside UnitCLUBHOUSE DR NORC
9 September 1995Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreRiverside UnitLOCAL 15179
8 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRiverside UnitEL PALOMINO DR JRPV
8 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionANDOVER ST HOMG
7 September 2017Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionLIMONITE AV / PEDLEY RD
7 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
6 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRiverside Unitnot named

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 Arlington Station: 24 past producers, 3 occurrences, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General, Silica, Copper. 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
Big Basin Copper ProspectCopper, Gold, SilverProspect
Cajalco Dumortierite OccurrenceKyaniteOccurrence
Fletcher ProspectMolybdenum, CopperOccurrenceMolybdenite
Hancock Clay DepositClayPast Producer
Lane BrothersGranitePast Producer
Molybdenite OccurrenceMolybdenumOccurrence
Santa Ana River PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed QuarryStone, DimensionPast Producer
Jurupa DepositSilicaPast Producer
Texas Mining Co., Riverside PlantSilicaPast 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
Arlington0.5 miles43
Arlanza2.4 miles43
Casa Blanca2.4 miles43
Prenda2.8 miles43
May2.9 miles43
La Sierra3.0 miles43
La Sierra Heights3.2 miles43
Magnolia Avenue3.2 miles43

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 238710. 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.