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Dyer, California

47 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Anaheim-Santa Ana-Garden Grove census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92705. The Survey maps it on the Tustin quadrangle.

Dyer within Orange County

Then and now

1896 to 1983

The same ground, surveyed 87 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Dyer, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Dyer, surveyed 1896

Compare 1896 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

20 surveys from 47 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

328 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 328 fires within 5 miles of Dyer between 2005 and 2020, burning about 236 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 52 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/undetermined193
Arson/incendiarism52
Smoking33
Equipment and vehicle use21
Misuse of fire by a minor19
Debris and open burning6
Natural2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
6 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOrange County Fire Authoritynot named
4 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
30 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreOrange County Fire Authoritynot named
3 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
28 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
28 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
28 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
28 September 2005Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Orange County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Dyer: 7 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Mercury, Salt, Clay. 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
Los Angeles Pressed Brick Co.ClayPast Producer
Red Hill MineMercury, Barium-BaritePast Producer
Salt PondsSaltPast Producer
Santa Ana PlantCalciumProducer
Red Hill MineMercuryPast Producer1927
Garden Grove Sand & Gravel Co.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Orange County Rock Co., Inc.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Santa Ana Rock and Gravel Co.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Orange County

Storms near this place

3 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dyer in 3 storm reports between 2010 and 2025: 1 heavy rain, 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 2010Heavy RainDyer$100,000Heavy rain and a blocked drains caused a portion of the roof to collapse at Westcliff Medical Laboratories in Santa Ana. The collapse happened around 1500 PST.
February 2025FloodDyer-Corrects previous flash flood report from 2 miles SW of Santa Ana. Report from mPing.
December 2020Flash FloodDyer-Public reports a swift water rescue in the channel near the intersection of Raitt Street and Edinger Avenue in Santa Ana. Reports of 2 people swept away in the channel.

Every storm recorded in Orange 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
South Santa Ana0.7 miles47
Aliso1.6 miles47
Paularino2.4 miles47
Santa Ana2.6 miles47
Villa Valencia2.6 miles47
Plaza Mobile Home Estates2.8 miles47
Santa Ana Gardens2.9 miles47
Tustin2.9 miles47

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1666031. 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.