Belvedere Heights, California
45 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 92507. It lies near Sugarloaf Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Riverside East quadrangle.
Then and now
1901 to 1983The 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.


Compare 1901 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
16 surveys from 45 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1901 USGS Elsinore quadrangle1:125000, 8 printings
- 1901 USGS Riverside quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1901 USGS Southern California Sheet No. 1 quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1904 USGS Southern California Sheet No. 1 quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1942 USGS Riverside quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1942 USGS Riverside and Vicinity quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Riverside quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Riverside East quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Riverside East quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1983 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
1,163 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,163 fires within 5 miles of Belvedere Heights between 1992 and 2020, burning about 15,981 acres in total. 3 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/undetermined | 599 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 170 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 158 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 134 |
| Smoking | 62 |
| Debris and open burning | 25 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 9 September 1997 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Riverside Unit | LOCAL |
| 9 September 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Riverside Unit | LOCAL |
| 8 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | San Bernardino Unit | GOLFBALL |
| 8 September 1994 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Riverside Unit | LOCAL FIRE |
| 7 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Riverside Unit | CHAMOMILE INC |
| 6 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Riverside Unit | HAWTHORN AV MOVA |
| 6 September 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | 7.6 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | COUGAR |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 22 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Belvedere Heights: 15 past producers, 4 producers, 2 occurrences, 1 prospect. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Granite, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| City Creek | Mercury | Occurrence | ||
| Colton Cement Plant | Limestone, General, Calcium, Cement Rock | Producer | ||
| Hancock's Brick Yard | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Linda Vista Deposits | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Occurrence | ||
| Mountain Group Deposit | Antimony, Arsenic | Past Producer | ||
| New City Quarry | Limestone, General, Dolomite | Past Producer | ||
| Rubidoux Hill Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Spicer Silica Property | Feldspar, Silica | Prospect | ||
| Gravel Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Henason Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lemona | 0.8 miles | 45 | |
| Canyon Crest Heights | 1.0 miles | 45 | |
| Bannockburn Village | 1.2 miles | 45 | |
| Highgrove | 2.5 miles | 38 | |
| Box Springs | 2.7 miles | 45 | |
| Riverside Junction | 2.7 miles | 45 | |
| Belltown | 4.3 miles | 39 | |
| Sunnymead | 4.7 miles | 37 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1660326. 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.















