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Clover Flat, California

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1931 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Mountain Empire census division. It lies in ZIP code area 91906. It stands on Clover Flat. The Survey maps it on the Cameron Corners quadrangle.

Clover Flat within San Diego County

Then and now

1931 to 1997

The same ground, surveyed 66 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Clover Flat, surveyed 1997
Topographic sheet of Clover Flat, surveyed 1931

Compare 1931 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 22 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

359 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 359 fires within 5 miles of Clover Flat between 1992 and 2020, burning about 12,220 acres in total. 16 started naturally. 21 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/undetermined139
Equipment and vehicle use64
Recreation and ceremony48
Debris and open burning46
Arson/incendiarism21
Natural16
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Smoking7
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Firearms and explosives use1
Other causes1
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
9 September 1997Naturalunder an acreSan Diego UnitLA POSTA
9 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined330 acresCalifornia Desert DistrictLA POSTA
8 September 2009Debris and open burning1.0 acresSan Diego UnitB5 2
8 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouthern California AgencyKITCHEN
7 September 1997Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouthern California AgencyCHURCH RD
7 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSan Diego UnitPOND
7 September 1997Railroad operations and maintenance40 acresCalifornia Desert DistrictSPENCER
6 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCleveland National ForestPOST

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Diego County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Clover Flat: 3 occurrences, 3 past producers, 2 producers, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Tin, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Andes MineTinOccurrence
Bullard ProspectGraphiteOccurrence
Cameron Corners PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Andes ProspectGoldProspect
Golden Star No. 1 ClaimGoldOccurrence
Campo Milling Corp.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Clover Flat PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
La Posta Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Thing Valley Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in San Diego County

Storms near this place

3 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Clover Flat in 3 storm reports between 2013 and 2017: 1 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 debris flow. 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
January 2017Debris FlowClover Flat$10,000A mud slide blocked both lanes of Old Highway 80.
August 2014Flash FloodClover Flat$2,000CHP reported a rock slide on Sunrise Highway (S1) partially blocking northbound lane. Just south of that location, a spotter reported water on roadways up to 6 inches on parts of Oak Drive...Sage Drive...Lake Shore Drive...Cyprus Drive...and Bass Road, near Lake Morena. Standing water was up to the front door of one home and the garage door of another.
September 2013HailClover Flat-The public reported pea to quarter sized hail near Lake Morena on Facebook. The COOP observer a little further south in Campo reported heavy rain with a thunderstorm and 0.5 inch hail reducing visibility to 1/8 mile. Further north in Pine Valley, the public reported pea to dime size hail and 1 to 2 inches of water flowing over the road.

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
Barrett3.3 miles22
Cameron Corners3.8 miles22
Live Oak Springs4.7 miles19
Campo4.8 miles19
Morena Village4.9 miles31
Rancho Del Campo5.1 miles19
Hacienda del Florasol5.5 miles30
Tierra del Sol5.6 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1660498. 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.