Dos Cabezas, California
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1931 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Borrego Springs census division. It lies near Piedras Grandes. The Survey maps it on the Jacumba quadrangle.
Then and now
1931 to 1997The same ground, surveyed 66 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1931 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 20 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1931 USGS Carrizo quadrangle1:125000
- 1939 USGS Jacumba quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1942 USGS Jacumba quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS San Diego quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS San Diego quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS San Diego quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS San Diego quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Jacumba quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Jacumba quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1979 USGS El Cajon quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1997 USGS Jacumba quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
33 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 33 fires within 5 miles of Dos Cabezas between 1993 and 2012, burning about 298 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 2 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 | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | San Diego Unit | RAILROAD |
| 3 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Desert District | BORDER 8 |
| 2 September 2006 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | San Diego Unit | EL CENTRO |
| 2 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | California Desert District | BORDER 92 |
| 12 September 2004 | Natural | 5.0 acres | California Desert District | MANZANITA |
| 12 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | 20 acres | San Diego Unit | JACUMBA |
| 16 August 1998 | Natural | under an acre | California Desert District | LIGHTNING |
| 11 August 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | California Desert District | BORDER 86 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Dos Cabezas: 5 prospects, 4 occurrences, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gemstone, Feldspar, Tungsten, Nickel. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Circle Group Deposit | Vermiculite | Past Producer | ||
| Overlook Prospect | Gold, Feldspar | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed | Nickel, Copper | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Location | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Semiprecious Gemstone | Occurrence | ||
| White Cloud Deposit | Tungsten | Occurrence | Scheelite | |
| Dos Cabezas Prospects | Feldspar | Prospect | ||
| Dos Cabezas Mine | Gemstone | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Gemstone | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Gemstone | Prospect |
Storms near this place
1 since 2022Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dos Cabezas in 1 storm report in 2022: 1 flash 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2022 | Flash Flood | Dos Cabezas | - | CHP Incident report of a large rock slide and portions of S2 extending into San Diego County washed out. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mortero Palms | 1.9 miles | 20 | |
| Titus | 8.1 miles | 20 | |
| Bankhead Springs | 8.6 miles | 20 | |
| Boulevard | 9.1 miles | 19 | |
| Jacumba Hot Springs | 9.2 miles | 15 | |
| Calexico Lodge | 9.3 miles | 19 | |
| Manzanita | 9.5 miles | 19 | |
| Live Oak Springs | 11.0 miles | 19 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1660564. 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.










