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Butterfield Lake Estates, California

33 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Murrieta census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92592. It lies near Butterfield Valley. The Survey maps it on the Vail Lake quadrangle.

Butterfield Lake Estates within Riverside County

Then and now

1903 to 1997

The same ground, surveyed 94 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Butterfield Lake Estates, surveyed 1997
Topographic sheet of Butterfield Lake Estates, surveyed 1903

Compare 1903 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 33 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

172 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 172 fires within 5 miles of Butterfield Lake Estates between 1992 and 2020, burning about 21,586 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 15 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/undetermined79
Equipment and vehicle use39
Arson/incendiarism15
Natural12
Recreation and ceremony9
Debris and open burning7
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Smoking3
Other causes2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Firearms and explosives use1

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 2017Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCleveland National ForestTOMMY
9 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCleveland National ForestCEMENT
8 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCleveland National ForestCROSLEY
8 September 2009Debris and open burning2.0 acresRiverside UnitHY 79 S/ SAGE RD
7 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCleveland National ForestVAIL
4 September 2016Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCleveland National ForestDRIP
4 September 1992Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCleveland National ForestPAUBA
29 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreRiverside UnitSTATE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Riverside County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Butterfield Lake Estates: 1 past producer, 1 prospect, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Feldspar, Silica. 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
Aguanga PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Anita LouiseFeldspar, SilicaOccurrence
Rice ClaimsGoldProspect

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
Radec2.8 miles33
Glenoak Hills4.1 miles40
Glenoaks Country4.2 miles36
Valle de los Caballos5.2 miles36
Aguanga5.8 miles35
Temecula Ranchos6.6 miles33
High Acres Haciendas6.8 miles36
South Park7.2 miles36

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 Q122590385The 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 1849528. 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.