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Bonsall, California

31 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Fallbrook census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92003. It lies near Moosa Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Bonsall quadrangle. 4,546 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 180 feet above sea level.

Bonsall within San Diego County

Then and now

1901 to 1982

The same ground, surveyed 81 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Bonsall, surveyed 1982
Topographic sheet of Bonsall, surveyed 1901

Compare 1901 against another survey:

Population over time

2 figures

Bonsall grew from 3,982 to 4,546 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
20103,982
20204,546+564 (+14%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 31 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

479 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 479 fires within 5 miles of Bonsall between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,486 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 35 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/undetermined240
Equipment and vehicle use117
Arson/incendiarism35
Debris and open burning27
Recreation and ceremony26
Misuse of fire by a minor16
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Smoking6
Natural4

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 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Diego UnitGIRD RD / PALA RD 3
8 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Diego UnitBRIDGE
7 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionALTA
7 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined7.0 acresSan Diego UnitCASTER
6 September 1995Recreation and ceremony4.0 acresSan Diego UnitGOPHER FIRE
5 September 1993Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSan Diego UnitGOPHER # 1
4 September 2012Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresSan Diego UnitSYCAMORE DR / GREEN CANYO
4 September 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Diego UnitOLD 4

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Diego County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 23 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 23 workings within 5 miles of Bonsall: 15 past producers, 3 producers, 3 occurrences, 2 prospects. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Gemstone. 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
Hogerman PropertyBerylliumProspect
Schier Clay DepositClayPast Producer
Schier Clay DepositsClayProspectSedimentary
Freeman MineGemstoneOccurrence
Mountain Belle ClaimGemstoneOccurrence
Vista ChiefGemstoneOccurrence
Brown Trucking Dg PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Hi-Hope Ranch PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
National Blue Granite QuarryGranite, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Vandegrift Boulevard PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in San Diego County

Storms near this place

7 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bonsall in 7 storm reports between 2001 and 2020: 2 wildfire, 2 flash flood, 2 debris flow, 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. 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
January 2016Thunderstorm WindBonsall$80,000Sections of two stable roofs torn off by strong thunderstorm wind gusts at the San Luis Rey Equestrian Training Facility. An NWS employee went to survey and take pictures of the damage.
April 2020Flash FloodBonsall$10,000A car sized boulder was reported on a road in Bonsall. This area had received 3 inches of rain in the past 12 hours and still heavy rainfall occurring at the time.
January 2005Flash FloodBonsall$5,000no account filed
April 2020Debris FlowBonsall-Several boulders completely blocking southbound lane and partially blocking northbound lane. Area has seen just over an inch of rain over 6 hours.
March 2014Debris FlowBonsall-Twenty-four hour rainfall as of 0400 PST was 1.38 inches rain at a weather station 3 miles SE of Fallbrook. A large amount of rocks in the roadway has caused the Old Highway 395 on-ramp to south-bound Interstate 15 to be closed.
February 2002WildfireBonsall-no account filed
July 2001WildfireBonsall-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
San Luis Rey Heights2.2 miles31
Winterwarm3.6 miles31
Pala Mesa4.4 miles31
DeLuz5.4 miles35
Jofegan5.9 miles35
Lawrence Welk Resort Village6.0 miles40
Fallbrook6.2 miles36
Vista6.2 miles40

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 BonsallAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2393153The 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 1660358. 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.