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Barona, California

40 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the San Diego census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92040. It lies in Barona Valley. The Survey maps it on the El Cajon Mountain quadrangle.

Barona within San Diego County

Then and now

1893 to 1997

The same ground, surveyed 104 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Barona, surveyed 1997
Topographic sheet of Barona, surveyed 1893

Compare 1893 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

18 surveys from 40 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

350 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 350 fires within 5 miles of Barona between 1992 and 2020, burning about 18,479 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 36 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/undetermined126
Equipment and vehicle use109
Arson/incendiarism36
Debris and open burning21
Recreation and ceremony20
Misuse of fire by a minor11
Smoking7
Natural7
Fireworks4
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Other causes3
Firearms and explosives use2

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 1995Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCleveland National ForestEL_MONTE_#2
8 September 1995Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Diego UnitDAM
8 September 1992Equipment and vehicle use10 acresSouthern California AgencyBARONA
7 September 2000Naturalunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictEVERGREEN
5 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Diego UnitWILDCAT CANYON RD / MUT 4
5 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreSan Diego UnitCREEK
4 September 2019Naturalunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictVICENTE
4 September 2005Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresCalifornia Desert DistrictWILLOW

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Diego 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 Barona: 18 past producers, 5 occurrences, 3 producers, 2 prospects. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron. 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
Daley MineCopperPast Producer
El Cajon Kaolin DepositClayPast Producer
Featherstone DepositSilicaOccurrence
Fernbrook DepositMolybdenumProspect
Klondike ClaimGoldOccurrence
Lakeside Lime and Marl DepositLimestone, General, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Merrick Kaolin DepositKaolinPast Producer
Mykrantz DepositFeldsparOccurrence
Iron MasterIronOccurrenceVein
LakeviewIronOccurrenceVein

Every working 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
Mussey Grove (historical)2.1 miles37
Fernbrook3.2 miles37
Foster3.6 miles37
Shady Dell3.6 miles37
Irvings Crest3.8 miles37
Blossom Valley5.0 miles38
El Capitan (historical)5.0 miles40
Moreno5.3 miles42

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 Q122541783The 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 1656430. 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.