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.
Then and now
1901 to 1982The 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.


Compare 1901 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
17 surveys from 35 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1901 USGS San Luis Rey quadrangle1:125000, 8 printings
- 1904 USGS Southern California Sheet No. 2 quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1941 USGS Margarita Peak quadrangle1:62500
- 1942 USGS Margarita Peak quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS Margarita Peak quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS Morro Hill quadrangle1:31680
- 1947 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Morro Hill quadrangle1:24000
- 1949 USGS Morro Hill quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Margarita Peak quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Morro Hill quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1982 USGS Oceanside quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
54 since 1997Regional 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/undetermined | 37 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.4 acres | San Diego Unit | not named |
| 6 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 30 September 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 29 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 28 September 2016 | Smoking | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 26 September 2016 | Smoking | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 26 September 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 22 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 120 acres | Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton | HAYBARN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Borrow Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Vandegrift Boulevard Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Decomposed Granite Pit | Granite | Producer | ||
| Decomposed Granite Pit | Granite | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2014Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2014 | Flood | Chappo | - | 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. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jofegan | 2.2 miles | 35 | |
| Ysidora (historical) | 2.3 miles | 35 | |
| Stuart | 4.3 miles | 35 | |
| Ysidora | 4.6 miles | 46 | |
| San Luis Rey | 4.7 miles | 48 | |
| Las Flores | 4.8 miles | 35 | |
| Fallbrook Junction | 5.1 miles | 46 | |
| Oceana | 5.9 miles | 48 |
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 Q122542150 | The 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.
















