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Calavo Gardens, California

42 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the San Diego census division. It lies in ZIP code area 91941. It lies near Mount Helix. The Survey maps it on the El Cajon quadrangle.

Calavo Gardens within San Diego County

Then and now

1893 to 1996

The same ground, surveyed 103 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Calavo Gardens, surveyed 1996
Topographic sheet of Calavo Gardens, surveyed 1893

Compare 1893 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

18 surveys from 42 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

498 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 498 fires within 5 miles of Calavo Gardens between 1992 and 2020, burning about 842 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 68 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/undetermined286
Equipment and vehicle use78
Arson/incendiarism68
Misuse of fire by a minor20
Debris and open burning17
Recreation and ceremony16
Smoking8
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Fireworks1
Natural1
Other causes1

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 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Diego National Wildlife RefugeSYCUAN
9 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSan Diego National Wildlife RefugePROCTOR2
9 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresSan Diego National Wildlife RefugePAR
8 September 2006Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSan Diego National Wildlife RefugeJAMACHA
8 September 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Diego National Wildlife RefugeCREEK
8 September 1998Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Diego UnitPOWERLINE
7 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Diego UnitWILLOW GLEN
6 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Diego Unitnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Diego County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 39 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 39 workings within 5 miles of Calavo Gardens: 21 past producers, 16 producers, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. 16 still produce. What was taken out: Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold. 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
Coyote Mountains Nickel ProspectNickelOccurrenceGarnierite
Coyote Mtn Gypsum & SSulfur, Gypsum-AnhydriteProducerGypsum
El Granito Mineral SpringsGeothermalProducer
Olswick ProspectThorium, UraniumProspect
Independent Stone Co QuarryStoneProducer
Unnamed QuarryStonePast Producer
Unnamed QuarryStonePast Producer
Parsons MineGoldPast Producer
Parsonsorange BlossommineGoldProducer
Phillips MineGoldPast Producer

Every working recorded in San Diego County

Storms near this place

2 since 2016

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Calavo Gardens in 2 storm reports between 2016 and 2021: 1 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 2021Thunderstorm WindCalavo Gardens-NBC and CBS reported a 70 foot pine tree fell on a home, damaged a garage and downed a power line. A smaller tree was reported down in the same area. Occurred at 4500 Panorama Drive.
January 2016Flash FloodCalavo Gardens-An NWS San Diego employee reported flash flooding near Los Coches and Business 8 with between 6 inches and 2.5 feet of water flowing over the road, as well as flash flooding near El Cajon Blvd. and Main Street with 6-12 of water flowing over the road. A local spotter reported 1.5 feet of water on Johnson Ave. next to Parkway Plaza in El Cajon.

Every storm 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Mount Helix1.1 miles42
Casa de Oro1.4 miles30
Homelands1.6 miles30
Rancho San Diego1.7 miles30
Grossmont1.8 miles42
Jamacha Junction1.8 miles30
Alta (historical)1.9 miles42
Hillsdale2.1 miles42

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 Q122594322The 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 1656448. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.