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De Luz, California

36 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Fallbrook census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92028. It stands on Fern Creek. The Survey maps it on the Fallbrook quadrangle. It stands 364 feet above sea level.

De Luz within San Diego County

Then and now

1901 to 1997

The same ground, surveyed 96 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of De Luz, surveyed 1997
Topographic sheet of De Luz, surveyed 1901

Compare 1901 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

17 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

153 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 153 fires within 5 miles of De Luz between 1992 and 2020, burning about 23,780 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 8 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/undetermined75
Debris and open burning28
Equipment and vehicle use24
Recreation and ceremony8
Arson/incendiarism8
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Firearms and explosives use1
Natural1
Smoking1

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
7 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Diego UnitSANDY
7 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRiverside UnitSANDY
6 September 1994Equipment and vehicle use35 acresSan Diego UnitDELUZ
4 September 1997Arson/incendiarism1,141 acresCalifornia Desert DistrictMARGARITA
30 September 1992Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Diego UnitDE LUZ
3 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Diego UnitSANTA MARGARITA
3 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Diego UnitDELUZ
29 September 1999Power generation/transmission/distribution7.0 acresCalifornia Desert DistrictMVU CREEK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Diego County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of De Luz: 1 producer, 1 prospect, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold. 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
Kuhnis MineGoldPast Producer
Stoner ProspectGoldProducer
Stoner ProspectGoldProspect

Every working recorded in San Diego County

Storms near this place

3 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names De Luz in 3 storm reports between 2003 and 2023: 1 wildfire, 1 flash flood, 1 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
January 2017Flash FloodDe Luz$5,000The CHP reported a vehicle in jeopardy of being washed off a bridge near Sandia Creek Dr. and Rock Mountain Rd.
March 2023FloodDe Luz-De Luz Road was closed due to flooding. About 0.50-0.70 inch of rain fell in this area in the 12hrs prior.
October 2003WildfireDe Luz-no account filed

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
De Luz Heights2.6 miles36
Fallbrook5.7 miles36
DeLuz6.1 miles35
Ridgecrest Estates6.7 miles30
Jofegan8.4 miles35
Winterwarm8.6 miles31
Rainbow9.5 miles30
Chappo10.1 miles35

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 De LuzAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5244602The 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 1656476. 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.