Del Mar Heights, California

22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the San Diego census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92014. It stands on Los Penasquitos Creek. The Survey maps it on the Del Mar OE W quadrangle.

Del Mar Heights within San Diego County

Then and now

1904 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 90 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Del Mar Heights, surveyed 1994

Topographic sheet of Del Mar Heights, surveyed 1904

Compare 1904 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 22 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.

1904 USGS Southern California Sheet No. 2 quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
1950 USGS San Diego quadrangle1:250000
1953 USGS Del Mar quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1954 USGS San Diego quadrangle1:250000
1955 USGS San Diego quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS San Diego quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1967 USGS Del Mar quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1979 USGS San Diego quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
1994 USGS Del Mar quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

41 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of Del Mar Heights between 1995 and 2020, burning about 112 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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	22
Equipment and vehicle use	9
Arson/incendiarism	4
Debris and open burning	2
Misuse of fire by a minor	2
Smoking	1
Recreation and ceremony	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
27 September 2005	Debris and open burning	under an acre	California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection	not named
15 September 2005	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	San Diego Unit	LEWIS
31 August 2008	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	11 acres	California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection	not named
27 August 2002	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	San Diego Unit	APAJO
12 August 2006	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	San Diego Unit	REPOSA
1 August 2010	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection	not named
31 July 2010	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection	not named
24 July 2011	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	San Diego Unit	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Diego County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Del Mar Heights: 6 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Sorrento Brick and Clay Prod.	Clay	Past Producer
Sorrento Sand Co Deposit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Sorrento Sand Co.	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Sorrento Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unnamed Borrow Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Zinniger Sand Plant	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Del Mar	0.8 miles	22
Eden Gardens	2.7 miles	22
Solana Beach	3.0 miles	22
Sorrento	3.8 miles	35
Cardiff-by-the-Sea	5.2 miles	50
Rancho Santa Fe	5.8 miles	43
Encinitas	6.3 miles	50
La Jolla Shores	6.4 miles	23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1656481. 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.