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Crestmore, California

39 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Jurupa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92509. It lies near Rattlesnake Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Fontana quadrangle.

Crestmore within Riverside County

Then and now

1896 to 1982

The same ground, surveyed 86 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Crestmore, surveyed 1982
Topographic sheet of Crestmore, surveyed 1896

Compare 1896 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

17 surveys from 39 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

1,407 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,407 fires within 5 miles of Crestmore between 1992 and 2020, burning about 7,974 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 170 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/undetermined760
Equipment and vehicle use244
Arson/incendiarism170
Misuse of fire by a minor119
Smoking64
Debris and open burning26
Recreation and ceremony14
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Natural1

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 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
9 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionSKYLOFT DR JRPV
8 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRiverside UnitEL PALOMINO DR JRPV
8 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresRiverside UnitTYROLITE ST / MISSION BL
8 September 2002Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreRiverside UnitLOCAL
8 September 2000Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreRiverside UnitLOCAL FIRE
8 September 1995Smokingunder an acreRiverside UnitSTATE 1497
8 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRiverside UnitLOCAL 15020

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Riverside County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 34 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 34 workings within 5 miles of Crestmore: 25 past producers, 8 producers, 1 occurrence. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General, Silica. 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
Colton Cement PlantLimestone, General, Calcium, Cement RockProducer
Crestmore QuarryCement Rock, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Rubidoux Hill QuarryStone, DimensionPast Producer
Slover Mountain QuarryCalcium, Marble, DimensionPast Producer
Stone & Alexander QuarryFeldspar, SilicaPast Producer
Hancock's Brick YardClayPast Producer
Ormand QuarryGraniteProducerSurface
Riverside Cement CompanyLimestone, General, ClayPast Producer
Sugar Loaf PitGraniteProducer
Jensen's QuarryMarble, DimensionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Riverside County

Storms near this place

2 since 2019

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Crestmore in 2 storm reports between 2019 and 2020: 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
December 2020FloodCrestmore-CalTrans reports flooding and standing water on Route 60 westbound at Rubidoux interchange.
March 2019FloodCrestmore-CalTrans reported street flooding on Highway 60 and Rubidoux Blvd in Riverside due to heavy rain and clogged drains.

Every storm 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
Belltown0.9 miles39
Ormand1.8 miles39
Rubidoux2.1 miles43
Ennis2.4 miles39
Sunnyslope2.5 miles39
Highgrove3.0 miles38
Riverside Junction3.0 miles45
De Anza Village4.3 miles43

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1656469. 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.