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.
Then and now
1903 to 1997The 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.


Compare 1903 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 33 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.
- 1903 USGS Ramona quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1904 USGS Southern California Sheet No. 2 quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1939 USGS Palomar Mountain quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1947 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Vail Lake quadrangle1:24000, 7 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
- 1982 USGS Borrego Valley quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1997 USGS Vail Lake quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
172 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 79 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 39 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 15 |
| Natural | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 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 2017 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Cleveland National Forest | TOMMY |
| 9 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Cleveland National Forest | CEMENT |
| 8 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Cleveland National Forest | CROSLEY |
| 8 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Riverside Unit | HY 79 S/ SAGE RD |
| 7 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Cleveland National Forest | VAIL |
| 4 September 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Cleveland National Forest | DRIP |
| 4 September 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Cleveland National Forest | PAUBA |
| 29 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Riverside Unit | STATE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aguanga Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Anita Louise | Feldspar, Silica | Occurrence | ||
| Rice Claims | Gold | Prospect |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Radec | 2.8 miles | 33 | |
| Glenoak Hills | 4.1 miles | 40 | |
| Glenoaks Country | 4.2 miles | 36 | |
| Valle de los Caballos | 5.2 miles | 36 | |
| Aguanga | 5.8 miles | 35 | |
| Temecula Ranchos | 6.6 miles | 33 | |
| High Acres Haciendas | 6.8 miles | 36 | |
| South Park | 7.2 miles | 36 |
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 Q122590385 | The 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.











