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Camelot Hills, California

40 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Perris Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92570. The Survey maps it on the Steele Peak quadrangle.

Camelot Hills 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 Camelot Hills, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Camelot Hills, surveyed 1901

Compare 1901 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 40 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

1,352 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,352 fires within 5 miles of Camelot Hills between 1992 and 2020, burning about 28,850 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 110 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/undetermined629
Equipment and vehicle use339
Arson/incendiarism110
Misuse of fire by a minor84
Debris and open burning66
Smoking52
Firearms and explosives use25
Power generation/transmission/distribution20
Recreation and ceremony17
Natural9
Fireworks1

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 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresRiverside UnitIDALEONA RD PERR
9 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresRiverside UnitELLIS AV GOOD
9 September 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresRiverside UnitGARZA RD / WITHERS RD
9 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictTREE
9 September 1998Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreRiverside UnitSTATE-1415
9 September 1998Equipment and vehicle use10 acresCalifornia Desert DistrictESTELLE FIRE
9 September 1993Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresRiverside UnitS-1422
9 September 1993Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresRiverside UnitSTATE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Riverside County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 90 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 90 workings within 5 miles of Camelot Hills: 42 past producers, 22 prospects, 13 occurrences, 11 producers. 11 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Clay, Silver, Stone, Dimension. 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
Alberhill Coal & Clay Co.Clay, CoalPast Producer
Biddle PitsKaolinPast Producer
Unnamed Tin ProspectTin, GemstoneProspect
White Prince DepositFeldspar, SilicaProspect
BeattyTungstenOccurrenceVein
Beatty ClaimsTungstenOccurrence
Douglas PitFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
PitGraniteProducer

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
Santa Rosa Ranch Estates1.2 miles40
Gavilan Hills2.1 miles40
Good Meadow2.8 miles40
Good Hope3.7 miles40
Alberhill4.4 miles37
Terra Cotta4.9 miles38
Mead Valley5.0 miles40
North Elsinore5.4 miles38

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1848952. 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.