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Canyon City, California

30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Mountain Empire census division. It lies in ZIP code area 91906. It stands on Campo Creek. The Survey maps it on the Potrero quadrangle.

Canyon City within San Diego County

Then and now

1903 to 1996

The same ground, surveyed 93 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Canyon City, surveyed 1996
Topographic sheet of Canyon City, surveyed 1903

Compare 1903 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 30 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

203 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 203 fires within 5 miles of Canyon City between 1992 and 2020, burning about 96,590 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 14 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/undetermined93
Recreation and ceremony32
Debris and open burning20
Equipment and vehicle use19
Arson/incendiarism14
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Natural7
Smoking4
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Other causes2
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
4 September 1992Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Diego UnitFAR FIRE
30 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Diego UnitDUFF
26 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresCalifornia Desert DistrictBORDER 11
26 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresSan Diego Unitnot named
24 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictUNNAMED FIRE 2138
24 September 2000Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Diego UnitPARK
23 September 2011Naturalunder an acreSan Diego UnitLIBRARY
20 September 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreSouthern California AgencySMKCHK7273

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Diego County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Canyon City: 5 occurrences, 4 prospects, 4 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Feldspar, Molybdenum, Iron, 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
Bullard ProspectGraphiteOccurrence
Bill Hills ProspectGoldProspect
Cameron Corners PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
CampoIronOccurrenceVein
Campo Milling Corp.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Campo Milling Corp.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Companion No. 1 DepositIronProspect
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Last Chance ClaimGoldOccurrence
Pacific MineFeldspar, SilicaPast Producer

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
Hacienda del Florasol2.1 miles30
Rancho Del Campo3.1 miles19
Campo3.2 miles19
Cameron Corners3.8 miles22
Barrett4.3 miles22
Potrero4.6 miles30
Tecate5.4 miles28
Morena Village6.0 miles31

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1660432. 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.