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Banner, California

34 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Borrego Springs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92036. It lies in Banner Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Julian quadrangle. It stands 2,743 feet above sea level.

Banner within San Diego County

Then and now

1903 to 1997

The same ground, surveyed 94 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Banner, surveyed 1997
Topographic sheet of Banner, surveyed 1903

Compare 1903 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 34 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

199 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 199 fires within 5 miles of Banner between 1992 and 2020, burning about 84,397 acres in total. 29 started naturally. 15 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/undetermined71
Equipment and vehicle use46
Natural29
Debris and open burning16
Arson/incendiarism15
Recreation and ceremony11
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Firearms and explosives use2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Smoking1

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
8 September 1996Naturalunder an acreSan Diego UnitFELIPE # 3
8 September 1996Natural1.0 acresSan Diego UnitFELIPE # 1
8 September 1996Natural4.0 acresSan Diego UnitFELIPE # 2
7 September 2000Naturalunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictGRANITE
7 September 2000Naturalunder an acreSan Diego UnitFELIPE
7 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Diego UnitHIESE
5 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictOFILA
4 September 2004Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictHEMBORG

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Diego County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 128 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 128 workings within 5 miles of Banner: 37 occurrences, 37 producers, 31 past producers, 22 prospects. 37 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Nickel, Tungsten, Silver. 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
CuyamacaSilicaOccurrence
Friday Copper Co ClaimCobalt, Copper, NickelProspect
Friday DepositNickel, Iron, Cobalt, CopperProspect
Friday MineCopper, Nickel, Cobalt, Palladium, Platinum, IridiumOccurrence1885
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
OwensGold, Copper, SilverPast ProducerVein
Owens MineGold, Silver, CopperPast Producer
Owens Old OwensmineGold, Copper, SilverProducer
Pacific Clay Products MineClayPast Producer
Royal MineLithiumPast Producer

Every working recorded in San Diego County

Storms near this place

16 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Banner in 16 storm reports between 1999 and 2024: 5 flash flood, 4 heavy rain, 3 debris flow, 2 flood. The reports record 2 injuries. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 1999WildfireBanner2 hurt, $150,000A wild fire, fanned by erratic winds, consumed 700 acres, destroyed one historic wooden structure, forced the evacuation of 21 residents, and injured 2 firefighters.
August 2024Debris FlowBanner$20,000NWS storm survey found several low water crossings on S2 highway with mud and debris including along the shoulders with erosion. Required the San Diego County crews to moved and plow mud and debris on the highway. Survey was Monday August 12.
August 2024Flash FloodBanner$10,000San Diego department of Public Works reported mud flows and flash flooding on the Great Southern Overland Stage route S2 and Vallecito Wash crossings. 2.54 inches of rain was recorded. Public Works also provided photos of the flooding and NWS did a storm survey the next day.
April 2019LightningBanner$100Lightning over San Diego County and the waters totaled 69 cloud to ground lightning strikes on April 29th.
August 2024Heavy RainBanner-Rainfall of 2.54 inches in about 2 hours was recorded at the Mason Valley mesonet along S2 highway in the San Diego Deserts. Radar estimates as high as 3.50 inches.
February 2022Heavy RainBanner-Heavy rain occurred across the region with up to 1 inch of rain in total for the storm event. Mason Valley recorded 1.08 inches of rain.
August 2021Heavy RainBanner-CNRFC's San Felipe station reports a total of 2.49 inches of rain.
September 2019Debris FlowBanner-CHP reported several basketball-sized boulders blocking lanes on highway 78 near Banner.
July 2013Debris FlowBanner-A Cleveland National Forest Battalion Chief reported 6 inches of mud and rocks flowing across Sunrise Highway (S1), just north of Shrine Camp. The Shrine Camp area was recently burned during the Chariot Fire. The nearby Volcan Mountain Alert gauge reported 0.78 inches of rain in 10 minutes and 1.14 inches of rain over 20 minutes.
July 2013Flash FloodBanner-Highway 78 was flooded in two locations through Yaqui Pass with many large rocks in the roadway. Thirty vehicles were trapped between the two flooded locations, due to the road being impassable there. A weather service employee observed one of the flows was about 12 inches deep and another was about 6 inches deep.
September 2013Flash FloodBanner-Water was flowing over Highway 78 near Banner with waves of water up to 8 inches deep. Mud and debris required removal by Caltrans.
February 2012Heavy RainBanner-Heavy rain caused mud to cover Highway 78, 2 miles east of Scissors Crossing.
September 2012FloodBanner-Four inches of water flowing over highway S2 near highway 78 in an area known as Scissors Crossing. Road remains passable.
July 2012Flash FloodBanner-Law enforcement reported flash flooding with rocks and mud over Highway S2 in Shelter Valley.
July 2011FloodBanner-Local flooding at mile marker 15 of county road S-2, north of Scissors Crossing. Heavy rain from a thunderstorm moving north along S-2 caused low parts of the road to be covered with a few inches of running water.
August 2000Flash FloodBanner-no account filed

Every storm recorded in San Diego 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
Kentwood-In-The-Pines1.6 miles34
Whispering Pines2.4 miles34
Julian3.0 miles34
Harrison Park3.2 miles34
Branson (historical)3.8 miles34
Scissors Crossing4.2 miles24
Pine Hills4.7 miles34
Wynola5.6 miles34

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 BannerAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q4856900The 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 269662. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.