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Country Road Estates, California

36 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Murrieta census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92596. It lies near Bachelor Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Bachelor Mountain quadrangle.

Country Road Estates within Riverside County

Then and now

1901 to 1983

The same ground, surveyed 82 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Country Road Estates, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Country Road Estates, surveyed 1901

Compare 1901 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 36 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

386 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 386 fires within 5 miles of Country Road Estates between 1992 and 2020, burning about 19,034 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 25 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/undetermined197
Equipment and vehicle use87
Misuse of fire by a minor36
Arson/incendiarism25
Smoking17
Debris and open burning14
Natural5
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Recreation and ceremony1

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 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionMERRITT RD / AARON RD
9 September 2008Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresRiverside UnitLINDENBERGER
9 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresRiverside UnitLOCAL
8 September 2020Arson/incendiarismunder an acreRiverside UnitSCENIC VIEW DR / KELLER R
8 September 1994Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreRiverside UnitLOCAL
7 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionWINCHESTER
7 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRiverside UnitSTATE
4 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresRiverside UnitSCOTT RD / ABBOTT RD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Riverside County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Country Road Estates: 4 past producers, 2 producers, 2 prospects. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Geothermal, Silver, 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
Blacker Bachelor Mtn. Iron MineIronProspect
Ensley-SpauldingFeldspar, SilicaProducer
Ensley-Spaulding DepositFeldspar, SilicaPast Producer
Leon MineGold, SilverPast Producer
Murrieta Hot SpringsGeothermalProducer
Riverside Co. Gravel PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Alice MineGoldPast Producer
Thurman ClaimsGoldProspect

Every working recorded in Riverside 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
Dutch Village1.1 miles36
Auld (historical)1.9 miles36
Indian Oaks3.7 miles36
South Park4.0 miles36
Antelope Hills4.1 miles35
High Acres Haciendas4.2 miles36
Murrieta Hot Springs4.6 miles35
Valle de los Caballos6.0 miles36

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1868070. 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.