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Cahuilla, California

38 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Idyllwild census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92539. The Survey maps it on the Anza quadrangle. It stands 3,642 feet above sea level.

Cahuilla within Riverside County

Then and now

1901 to 1996

The same ground, surveyed 95 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Cahuilla, surveyed 1996
Topographic sheet of Cahuilla, surveyed 1901

Compare 1901 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 38 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

230 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 230 fires within 5 miles of Cahuilla between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,530 acres in total. 25 started naturally. 18 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/undetermined94
Equipment and vehicle use49
Natural25
Arson/incendiarism18
Misuse of fire by a minor13
Smoking10
Debris and open burning8
Recreation and ceremony5
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Other causes4

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 1994Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreRiverside UnitSTATE
8 September 2009Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSan Bernardino National ForestCAVE
7 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Bernardino National ForestVALLEY
7 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictMITCHELL
7 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRiverside UnitN/A
5 September 1997Naturalunder an acreRiverside UnitSTATE-1395
4 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRiverside UnitCAVE
30 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined200 acresSan Diego National Wildlife RefugeBORDER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Riverside County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Cahuilla: 5 past producers, 2 prospects, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gemstone, Quartz, Silica, Quartz, Feldspar. 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
Coahuila Brave MineFeldspar, QuartzPast Producer
Ida V. MineMicaPast Producer
Olinger DepositGemstone, Quartz, FeldsparProspect
Riverside Co. Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Rockland No. 5StonePast Producer
Tripp Flat AreaSilica, QuartzOccurrence
Fano MineGemstonePast Producer
Juan Diego Mine No. 1GemstoneProspect

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
Anza3.9 miles38
Thomas Mountain7.9 miles38
Aguanga9.3 miles35
Sage10.4 miles40
Radec10.4 miles33
Mountain Center11.3 miles37
Sycamore Hills11.7 miles40
Butterfield Lake Estates12.4 miles33

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 CahuillaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5017464The 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 270513. 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.