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Box Springs, California

45 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Riverside census division. The Survey maps it on the Riverside East quadrangle. It stands 1,506 feet above sea level.

Box Springs within Riverside County

Then and now

1901 to 1983

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Box Springs, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Box Springs, surveyed 1901

Compare 1901 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

16 surveys from 45 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

1,411 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,411 fires within 5 miles of Box Springs between 1992 and 2020, burning about 15,799 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 127 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/undetermined716
Misuse of fire by a minor219
Equipment and vehicle use206
Arson/incendiarism127
Smoking83
Debris and open burning35
Recreation and ceremony13
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Natural4
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
9 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresRiverside UnitEUCALYPTUS AV MOVA
9 September 1997Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreRiverside UnitLOCAL
9 September 1995Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreRiverside UnitLOCAL
8 September 1995Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreRiverside UnitLOCAL FIRE
8 September 1994Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreRiverside UnitLOCAL FIRE
6 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresRiverside UnitHAWTHORN AV MOVA
6 September 2018Arson/incendiarism7.6 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionCOUGAR

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Riverside County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 17 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Box Springs: 11 past producers, 4 producers, 1 prospect, 1 occurrence. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Granite, Limestone, General, Dolomite. 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
Linda Vista DepositsPhosphorus-PhosphatesOccurrence
Mountain Group DepositAntimony, ArsenicPast Producer
New City QuarryLimestone, General, DolomitePast Producer
Spicer Silica PropertyFeldspar, SilicaProspect
PitGraniteProducer
PitGraniteProducer
PitGraniteProducer
Sugar Loaf PitGraniteProducer
Arnold Heights PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Box Springs QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Riverside 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
Edgemont2.1 miles43
Belvedere Heights2.7 miles45
Lemona2.8 miles45
Sunnymead2.8 miles37
Bannockburn Village2.9 miles45
Canyon Crest Heights2.9 miles45
West March3.1 miles43
Moreno Valley3.5 miles37

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 Box SpringsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q14681632The 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 1660366. 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.