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Cockatoo Grove, 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 91913. The Survey maps it on the Jamul Mountains quadrangle.

Cockatoo Grove 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 Cockatoo Grove, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Cockatoo Grove, 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

314 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 314 fires within 5 miles of Cockatoo Grove between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,036 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 40 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/undetermined188
Arson/incendiarism40
Recreation and ceremony25
Equipment and vehicle use21
Misuse of fire by a minor16
Debris and open burning12
Smoking8
Other causes1
Natural1
Fireworks1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSan Diego Unitnot named
9 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
9 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSan Diego UnitPROCTOR #2
9 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictPROCTOR
9 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSan Diego National Wildlife RefugePROCTOR3
9 September 1992Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSan Diego National Wildlife RefugeOTAY 5
7 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Diego Unitnot named
7 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot 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 18 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Cockatoo Grove: 14 past producers, 3 producers, 1 unknown. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Bentonite, Clay. 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
Mosto Ranch DepositClayPast Producer
San Diego Stone Co.QuarryStoneProducer
Otay Bentonite DepositBentonitePast ProducerBentonite
Standard Oil MineBentonitePast Producer
Rock Mountain QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
San Diego Stone Co. QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Weaver DepositStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Birch PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
L. E. Morrison Sand PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Mosto PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast 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
Eastlake Greens1.1 miles30
Eastlake1.2 miles30
Rancho del Rey1.6 miles32
Bonita2.6 miles32
Sunnyside2.8 miles32
Lynwood Hills3.6 miles32
South Bay Terraces4.0 miles32
Sunny Vista4.5 miles32

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.

Wikipedia article on Cockatoo GroveAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q18348103The 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 1660499. 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.