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Casa Blanca, California

43 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 92504. It lies near Quarry Hill. The Survey maps it on the Riverside West quadrangle.

Casa Blanca 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 Casa Blanca, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Casa Blanca, surveyed 1901

Compare 1901 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

16 surveys from 43 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

1,044 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,044 fires within 5 miles of Casa Blanca between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,352 acres in total. 4 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/undetermined594
Equipment and vehicle use128
Arson/incendiarism110
Misuse of fire by a minor85
Smoking54
Debris and open burning43
Recreation and ceremony13
Power generation/transmission/distribution12
Natural4
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 ProtectionCLAY
9 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionSKYLOFT DR JRPV
9 September 1995Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreRiverside UnitLOCAL 15179
9 September 1995Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreRiverside UnitLOCAL
8 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRiverside UnitEL PALOMINO DR JRPV
8 September 2002Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreRiverside UnitLOCAL
8 September 2000Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreRiverside UnitLOCAL FIRE
7 September 2017Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionLIMONITE AV / PEDLEY RD

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 Casa Blanca: 26 past producers, 2 producers, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General, Silica, Feldspar. 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
Hancock Clay DepositClayPast Producer
New City QuarryLimestone, General, DolomitePast Producer
Santa Ana River PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
PitGraniteProducer
PitGraniteProducer
Rubidoux Hill QuarryStone, DimensionPast Producer
Spicer Silica PropertyFeldspar, SilicaProspect
Stone & Alexander QuarryFeldspar, SilicaPast Producer
Unnamed QuarryStone, DimensionPast Producer
Crestmore MineLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary

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
Prenda1.1 miles43
Pachappa1.3 miles43
Riverside1.4 miles43
Magnolia Avenue1.9 miles43
Arlington Station2.4 miles43
Arlington2.5 miles43
Arlanza3.4 miles43
Riverside Junction4.2 miles45

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1660444. 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.