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Carlton Hills, 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 92071. It lies near El Cajon Valley. The Survey maps it on the El Cajon quadrangle.

Carlton Hills 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 Carlton Hills, surveyed 1996
Topographic sheet of Carlton Hills, 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

318 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 318 fires within 5 miles of Carlton Hills between 1993 and 2020, burning about 11,321 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 20 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/undetermined194
Equipment and vehicle use67
Misuse of fire by a minor22
Arson/incendiarism20
Smoking8
Debris and open burning3
Recreation and ceremony2
Natural1
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
8 September 2008Smokingunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
5 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
30 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
29 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Diego UnitROCKY 2
27 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
26 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
26 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionWILLOW 4
26 September 1993Equipment and vehicle use8.0 acresSan Diego UnitSERENA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Diego County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 65 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 65 workings within 5 miles of Carlton Hills: 46 past producers, 16 producers, 1 prospect, 1 occurrence. 16 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone. 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 Mtn Gypsum & SSulfur, Gypsum-AnhydriteProducerGypsum
Echo MineMolybdenumOccurrence
Lakeside Lime and Marl DepositLimestone, General, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Olswick ProspectThorium, UraniumProspect
Fletcher QuarriesStoneProducer
Golden Co.Inc.StoneProducer
Acme Truck Co. Pit No. 1Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Acme Truck Co., Pit No. 2Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Calif Wire Sawyer Corp.Stone, Crushed/Broken, GranitePast Producer
Coston Construction Co.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast 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
Santee1.5 miles42
Lakeside Farms3.1 miles42
Eucalyptus Hills3.2 miles37
Riverview3.3 miles42
Riverview Farms3.4 miles42
Winter Gardens3.6 miles42
Lakeside3.9 miles42
Moreno4.0 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 Q122555970The 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 1656452. 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.