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Chappo, California

35 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Camp Pendleton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92055. It lies near Pueblitos Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Morro Hill quadrangle.

Chappo within San Diego County

Then and now

1901 to 1982

The same ground, surveyed 81 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Chappo, surveyed 1982
Topographic sheet of Chappo, surveyed 1901

Compare 1901 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

17 surveys from 35 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

54 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 54 fires within 5 miles of Chappo between 1997 and 2020, burning about 9,883 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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/undetermined37
Equipment and vehicle use8
Arson/incendiarism5
Smoking3
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
7 September 2011Arson/incendiarism2.4 acresSan Diego Unitnot named
6 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
30 September 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
29 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
28 September 2016Smokingunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
26 September 2016Smokingunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
26 September 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
22 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined120 acresMarine Corps Base Camp PendletonHAYBARN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Diego County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Chappo: 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Unnamed Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Vandegrift Boulevard PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Decomposed Granite PitGraniteProducer
Decomposed Granite PitGranitePast Producer

Every working recorded in San Diego County

Storms near this place

1 since 2014

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Chappo in 1 storm report in 2014: 1 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
February 2014FloodChappo-CHP reported road closed at Huffstatler Road and Old 395 at 5th Street due to flooding. A spotter reported a debris flow at Woods Valley Road and Wolford Road with six inch rocks. A county official reported water flowing over Country Club Drive in west Escondido where the road goes into Escondido Creek.

Every storm 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
Jofegan2.2 miles35
Ysidora (historical)2.3 miles35
Stuart4.3 miles35
Ysidora4.6 miles46
San Luis Rey4.7 miles48
Las Flores4.8 miles35
Fallbrook Junction5.1 miles46
Oceana5.9 miles48

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 Q122542150The 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 252870. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.