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Arnold Heights, 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 92518. The Survey maps it on the Riverside East quadrangle. It stands 1,558 feet above sea level.

Arnold Heights 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 Arnold Heights, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Arnold Heights, surveyed 1901

Compare 1901 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 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

1,982 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,982 fires within 5 miles of Arnold Heights between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,186 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 143 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/undetermined1032
Equipment and vehicle use340
Misuse of fire by a minor245
Arson/incendiarism143
Smoking102
Debris and open burning89
Recreation and ceremony16
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Natural6
Firearms and explosives use1

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 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresRiverside UnitE MARKHAM ST /N PERRIS BL
9 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresRiverside UnitEUCALYPTUS AV MOVA
9 September 2008Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresRiverside UnitCARROLL
9 September 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreRiverside UnitVALLEY
9 September 1997Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreRiverside UnitLOCAL
9 September 1995Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreRiverside UnitLOCAL
9 September 1994Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreRiverside UnitSTATE
9 September 1993Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreRiverside UnitSTATE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Riverside County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 17 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Arnold Heights: 11 past producers, 5 producers, 1 occurrence. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Granite, Clay, Phosphorus-Phosphates. 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
Linda Vista DepositsPhosphorus-PhosphatesOccurrence
Middlesworth Clay DepositClayPast Producer
Blue Gray Granite QuarryGraniteProducer
Blue Gray Granite QuarryGraniteProducer
Blue-Gray Granite QuarryGranitePast Producer
PitGraniteProducer
PitGraniteProducer
PitGraniteProducer
Arnold Heights PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Box Springs QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast 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
West March0.7 miles43
Alessandro0.7 miles43
March Field1.3 miles43
Edgemont1.8 miles43
Glen Valley3.3 miles40
Val Verde3.4 miles40
Sunnymead3.7 miles37
Box Springs3.8 miles45

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.

Wikipedia article on Arnold HeightsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q4795080The 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 1660268. 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.