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.
Then and now
1931 to 1997The 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.


Compare 1931 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 22 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.
- 1931 USGS Carrizo quadrangle1:125000
- 1939 USGS Campo quadrangle1:62500
- 1942 USGS Campo quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS San Diego quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS San Diego quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS San Diego quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS San Diego quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Cameron Corners quadrangle1:24000, 7 printings
- 1959 USGS Campo quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS El Cajon quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1997 USGS Cameron Corners quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
359 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 139 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 64 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 48 |
| Debris and open burning | 46 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 21 |
| Natural | 16 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1997 | Natural | under an acre | San Diego Unit | LA POSTA |
| 9 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 330 acres | California Desert District | LA POSTA |
| 8 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | San Diego Unit | B5 2 |
| 8 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Southern California Agency | KITCHEN |
| 7 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Southern California Agency | CHURCH RD |
| 7 September 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | San Diego Unit | POND |
| 7 September 1997 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 40 acres | California Desert District | SPENCER |
| 6 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Cleveland National Forest | POST |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andes Mine | Tin | Occurrence | ||
| Bullard Prospect | Graphite | Occurrence | ||
| Cameron Corners Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Andes Prospect | Gold | Prospect | ||
| Golden Star No. 1 Claim | Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Campo Milling Corp. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Clover Flat Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| La Posta Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Thing Valley Road Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2013Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2017 | Debris Flow | Clover Flat | $10,000 | A mud slide blocked both lanes of Old Highway 80. |
| August 2014 | Flash Flood | Clover Flat | $2,000 | CHP 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 2013 | Hail | Clover 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. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barrett | 3.3 miles | 22 | |
| Cameron Corners | 3.8 miles | 22 | |
| Live Oak Springs | 4.7 miles | 19 | |
| Campo | 4.8 miles | 19 | |
| Morena Village | 4.9 miles | 31 | |
| Rancho Del Campo | 5.1 miles | 19 | |
| Hacienda del Florasol | 5.5 miles | 30 | |
| Tierra del Sol | 5.6 miles | 18 |
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.










