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Doghouse Junction, California

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Jamul census division. It lies near Otay Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Otay Mountain quadrangle.

Doghouse Junction within San Diego County

Then and now

1903 to 1996

The same ground, surveyed 93 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Doghouse Junction, surveyed 1996
Topographic sheet of Doghouse Junction, surveyed 1903

Compare 1903 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 28 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

941 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 941 fires within 5 miles of Doghouse Junction between 1992 and 2020, burning about 92,278 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 27 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
Recreation and ceremony496
Missing data/not specified/undetermined289
Equipment and vehicle use63
Arson/incendiarism27
Debris and open burning27
Firearms and explosives use23
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Natural2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Smoking2

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 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined35 acresSan Diego National Wildlife RefugeMARRON 3
9 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSan Diego Unitnot named
9 September 1998Recreation and ceremony5.0 acresCalifornia Desert DistrictBORDER 100
9 September 1992Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresSan Diego UnitOTAY #2
9 September 1992Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresCalifornia Desert DistrictOTAY 4
9 September 1992Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSan Diego National Wildlife RefugeOTAY 5
8 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictMVU 6862
8 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictMVU 6866

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Diego County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 19 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Doghouse Junction: 9 occurrences, 5 past producers, 3 prospects, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Limestone, General, Iron, Manganese. 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
Bonanza ClaimIronOccurrence
Cedar Creek MineLead, Gold, Silver, Zinc, CopperProspect
Donohoe MineGold, Copper, Lead, Molybdenum, Silver, Tungsten, ZincPast Producer
Dulzura DepositStone, DimensionOccurrence
Engineer's SpringsManganeseOccurrence
Jamul QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Jamul Ranch DepositLimestone, GeneralPast Producer
Jamuljamul Portland Cement CoLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Kuebler Ranch DepositLimestone, GeneralOccurrence
Border View MineGoldProspect

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
Dulzura4.4 miles29
Engineer Springs4.5 miles29
Eastlake Greens7.1 miles30
Barrett Junction7.1 miles28
Jamul Indian Village7.5 miles29
Cockatoo Grove8.1 miles30
Jamul8.3 miles30
Eastlake8.4 miles30

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.

Wikidata item Q122545188The 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 252881. 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.