Borrego, California

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1931 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Borrego Springs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92004. The Survey maps it on the Borrego Sink quadrangle.

Borrego within San Diego County

Then and now

1931 to 1982

The same ground, surveyed 51 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Borrego, surveyed 1982

Topographic sheet of Borrego, surveyed 1931

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 22 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.

1931 USGS Vallecito quadrangle1:125000
1939 USGS Borrego quadrangle1:62500
1942 USGS Borego quadrangle1:62500
1942 USGS Borrego quadrangle1:62500
1943 USGS Vallecito quadrangle1:125000
1947 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
1949 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
1956 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
1959 USGS Borrego quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1959 USGS Borrego Sink quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1959 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1960 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1965 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
1982 USGS Borrego Valley quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

27 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 27 fires within 5 miles of Borrego between 1994 and 2020, burning about 181 acres in total. 6 started naturally. None was 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	14
Natural	6
Debris and open burning	4
Equipment and vehicle use	2
Misuse of fire by a minor	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
7 September 2000	Natural	under an acre	Southern California Agency	SCHL HSE 5
7 September 2000	Natural	under an acre	San Diego Unit	TUBB
17 September 1994	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	8.0 acres	San Diego Unit	LOOKOUT
12 September 2018	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection	not named
6 August 2020	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	San Diego Unit	BORREGO MEDICAL CENTER BO
23 August 2020	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	San Diego Unit	ROADRUNNER DR S BORREGO_S
15 August 1998	Natural	1.0 acres	San Diego Unit	PINYON
11 August 1994	Natural	150 acres	San Diego Unit	YAQUI

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Diego County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Borrego: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Granite, Geothermal. 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
	Borrego Springs	Geothermal	Producer
	Warner Borrow Pit	Granite	Producer

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Desert Lodge	0.8 miles	22
Borrego Springs	3.2 miles	35
Ranchita	9.7 miles	31
San Ignacio	11.3 miles	35
Scissors Crossing	11.4 miles	24
Ocotillo Wells	11.8 miles	22
San Ysidro	12.5 miles	35
San Felipe	14.1 miles	31

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 252857. 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.