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Casa de Oro, California

30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the San Diego census division. It lies in ZIP code area 91977. It lies near Mount Helix. The Survey maps it on the Jamul Mountains quadrangle.

Casa de Oro within San Diego County

Then and now

1903 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 91 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 de Oro, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Casa de Oro, surveyed 1903

Compare 1903 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 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

453 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 453 fires within 5 miles of Casa de Oro between 1992 and 2020, burning about 690 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 66 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/undetermined273
Arson/incendiarism66
Equipment and vehicle use52
Misuse of fire by a minor19
Debris and open burning16
Recreation and ceremony16
Smoking7
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Fireworks1
Natural1

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 2010Arson/incendiarism1.1 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
9 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Diego National Wildlife RefugeSYCUAN
9 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresSan Diego National Wildlife RefugePAR
8 September 2006Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSan Diego National Wildlife RefugeJAMACHA
8 September 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Diego National Wildlife RefugeCREEK
7 September 2007Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
7 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Diego UnitWILLOW GLEN
6 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan 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 32 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 32 workings within 5 miles of Casa de Oro: 18 past producers, 14 producers. 14 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Granite, 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
El Granito Mineral SpringsGeothermalProducer
Independent Stone Co QuarryStoneProducer
Parsons MineGoldPast Producer
Parsonsorange BlossommineGoldProducer
Phillips MineGoldPast Producer
Phillips Mine Chase RanchGoldProducer
San Diego Stone Co.QuarryStoneProducer
Unnamed QuarryStonePast Producer
Unnamed QuarryStonePast 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
Homelands0.7 miles30
Spring Valley1.0 miles30
Mount Helix1.4 miles42
Calavo Gardens1.4 miles42
Grossmont2.1 miles42
Jamacha Junction2.1 miles30
Alta (historical)2.2 miles42
Rancho San Diego2.4 miles30

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1660443. 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.