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Edgemont, California

43 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Riverside census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92553. The Survey maps it on the Riverside East quadrangle. It stands 1,554 feet above sea level.

Edgemont within Riverside County

Then and now

1901 to 1983

The same ground, surveyed 82 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Edgemont, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Edgemont, surveyed 1901

Compare 1901 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 43 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

1,820 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,820 fires within 5 miles of Edgemont between 1992 and 2020, burning about 14,709 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 150 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/undetermined923
Equipment and vehicle use291
Misuse of fire by a minor258
Arson/incendiarism150
Smoking100
Debris and open burning67
Recreation and ceremony15
Power generation/transmission/distribution9
Natural7

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 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
9 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresRiverside UnitEUCALYPTUS AV MOVA
9 September 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreRiverside UnitVALLEY
9 September 1997Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreRiverside UnitLOCAL
9 September 1995Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreRiverside UnitLOCAL
8 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRiverside UnitHAZELCREST CT MOVA
8 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRiverside UnitWINDEMERE
8 September 1995Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreRiverside UnitLOCAL FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Riverside County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 18 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Edgemont: 11 past producers, 5 producers, 1 prospect, 1 occurrence. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Granite, Limestone, General, Dolomite. 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
Linda Vista DepositsPhosphorus-PhosphatesOccurrence
Mountain Group DepositAntimony, ArsenicPast Producer
New City QuarryLimestone, General, DolomitePast Producer
Spicer Silica PropertyFeldspar, SilicaProspect
Blue Gray Granite QuarryGraniteProducer
Nason Street PitGraniteProducer
PitGraniteProducer
PitGraniteProducer
PitGraniteProducer
Arnold Heights PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Riverside County

Storms near this place

2 since 2023

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Edgemont in 2 storm reports between 2023 and 2025: 2 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
February 2025FloodEdgemont-Received a report of a flooded roadway.
August 2023FloodEdgemont-Local law enforcement reported flooding near Moreno Valley Freeway and Frederick Street.

Every storm recorded in Riverside 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
West March1.2 miles43
Arnold Heights1.8 miles43
March Field1.9 miles43
Box Springs2.1 miles45
Sunnymead2.3 miles37
Alessandro2.4 miles43
Moreno Valley2.8 miles37
Serrano Heights4.6 miles37

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 EdgemontAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5337789The 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 241835. 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.