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Egan, California

36 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Hemet-San Jacinto census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92545. The Survey maps it on the Winchester quadrangle.

Egan 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 Egan, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Egan, surveyed 1901

Compare 1901 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 36 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

841 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 841 fires within 5 miles of Egan between 1992 and 2020, burning about 28,374 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 109 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/undetermined397
Equipment and vehicle use135
Arson/incendiarism109
Misuse of fire by a minor79
Smoking47
Debris and open burning42
Natural13
Recreation and ceremony10
Power generation/transmission/distribution9

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/undeterminedunder an acreRiverside Unitnot named
9 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRiverside UnitJOHNSTON AV HEM
9 September 1994Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresRiverside UnitSTATE
8 September 1996Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreRiverside UnitPINE
7 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRiverside UnitS MISTLETOE AV SANJ
7 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
7 September 2014Natural1.0 acresRiverside UnitAVERY 2
7 September 1993Equipment and vehicle use1.8 acresRiverside UnitLOCAL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Riverside County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Egan: 5 occurrences, 3 past producers, 2 prospects, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Manganese, Silica, Magnesite, Gemstone. 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
PitGraniteProducer
Unnamed Corundum OccurrenceCorundum, GemstoneOccurrence
Unnamed PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Wm Shelton ProspectUranium, GemstoneOccurrence
Hemet Magnesite MineMagnesiteProspect
K & K RanchFeldspar, SilicaOccurrence
Machado DepositFeldspar, SilicaProspect
Nichols Magnesite DepositMagnesiteProducer
Clark and Losekamp DepositManganeseOccurrence
Clark and Losekamp ProspectManganeseOccurrence

Every working 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
Hemet2.4 miles42
Valley Vista3.3 miles36
Ramona Bowl3.4 miles42
Green Acres3.4 miles36
East Hemet3.9 miles42
Winchester4.2 miles36
Juniper Springs4.5 miles36
San Jacinto4.5 miles39

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 252883. 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.