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Cameron Corners, California

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1931 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Mountain Empire census division. It lies in ZIP code area 91906. It lies near Campo Valley. The Survey maps it on the Cameron Corners quadrangle.

Cameron Corners within San Diego County

Then and now

1931 to 1997

The same ground, surveyed 66 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Cameron Corners, surveyed 1997
Topographic sheet of Cameron Corners, surveyed 1931

Compare 1931 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 22 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

246 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 246 fires within 5 miles of Cameron Corners between 1992 and 2020, burning about 10,705 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 12 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/undetermined104
Equipment and vehicle use39
Recreation and ceremony30
Debris and open burning21
Natural14
Arson/incendiarism12
Misuse of fire by a minor10
Smoking6
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Other causes2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
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 1997Naturalunder an acreSan Diego UnitLA POSTA
9 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined330 acresCalifornia Desert DistrictLA POSTA
8 September 2009Debris and open burning1.0 acresSan Diego UnitB5 2
7 September 1997Railroad operations and maintenance40 acresCalifornia Desert DistrictSPENCER
4 September 1992Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Diego UnitFAR FIRE
29 September 1993Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Diego UnitMILL
26 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresCalifornia Desert DistrictBORDER 11
26 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresSan 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 17 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Cameron Corners: 6 occurrences, 5 prospects, 4 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Feldspar, Molybdenum, 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
Andes MineTinOccurrence
Bullard ProspectGraphiteOccurrence
CampoIronOccurrenceVein
Willhite GroupGold, Arsenic, SilverProspect
Cameron Corners PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Campo Milling Corp.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Campo Milling Corp.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Clover Flat PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Pacific MineFeldspar, SilicaPast Producer
Quality DepositFeldspar, SilicaProspect

Every working 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
Barrett0.6 miles22
Campo1.6 miles19
Hacienda del Florasol1.7 miles30
Rancho Del Campo1.9 miles19
Clover Flat3.8 miles22
Canyon City3.8 miles30
Morena Village3.9 miles31
Boulder Oaks7.1 miles22

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 Q122554254The 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 270172. 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.