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Canyon Crest Heights, California

45 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Riverside census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92507. It lies near Sugarloaf Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Riverside East quadrangle.

Canyon Crest Heights 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 Canyon Crest Heights, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Canyon Crest Heights, surveyed 1901

Compare 1901 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

16 surveys from 45 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

1,155 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,155 fires within 5 miles of Canyon Crest Heights between 1992 and 2020, burning about 15,823 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 135 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/undetermined644
Equipment and vehicle use159
Arson/incendiarism135
Misuse of fire by a minor122
Smoking59
Debris and open burning26
Recreation and ceremony4
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Natural1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
9 September 1997Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreRiverside UnitLOCAL
9 September 1995Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreRiverside UnitLOCAL
8 September 2002Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreRiverside UnitLOCAL
8 September 2000Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreRiverside UnitLOCAL FIRE
7 September 2006Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresRiverside UnitCHAMOMILE INC
7 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRiverside UnitLOCAL VEG. FIRE
6 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresRiverside UnitHAWTHORN AV MOVA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Riverside County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 29 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 29 workings within 5 miles of Canyon Crest Heights: 20 past producers, 6 producers, 2 occurrences, 1 prospect. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General, Granite. 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
Colton Cement PlantLimestone, General, Calcium, Cement RockProducer
Crestmore QuarryCement Rock, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Linda Vista DepositsPhosphorus-PhosphatesOccurrence
Mountain Group DepositAntimony, ArsenicPast Producer
New City QuarryLimestone, General, DolomitePast Producer
Rubidoux Hill QuarryStone, DimensionPast Producer
Spicer Silica PropertyFeldspar, SilicaProspect
Hancock's Brick YardClayPast Producer
Riverside Cement CompanyLimestone, General, ClayPast Producer
Texas Mining Co., Riverside PlantSilicaPast Producer

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
Lemona0.2 miles45
Bannockburn Village0.3 miles45
Belvedere Heights1.0 miles45
Riverside Junction1.7 miles45
Highgrove2.4 miles38
Box Springs2.9 miles45
Belltown3.6 miles39
Pachappa3.8 miles43

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1660433. 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.