El Casco, California
38 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the San Gorgonio Pass census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92373. The Survey maps it on the El Casco quadrangle.
Then and now
1901 to 1983The 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.


Compare 1901 against another survey:
On record in El Casco
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
San Timoteo Canyon Schoolhouselisted 2001 · 0.9 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 38 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.
- 1901 USGS Elsinore quadrangle1:125000, 8 printings
- 1901 USGS Southern California Sheet No. 1 quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1904 USGS Southern California Sheet No. 1 quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1942 USGS Perris quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Perris quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS El Casco quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS El Casco quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1983 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
936 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 936 fires within 5 miles of El Casco between 1992 and 2020, burning about 28,326 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 112 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 | 391 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 236 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 112 |
| Smoking | 68 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 64 |
| Debris and open burning | 24 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 8 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Riverside Unit | MCABEE AV MOVA |
| 9 September 2019 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | San Bernardino Unit | VALLEY VIEW MHP YUCAIPA_C |
| 9 September 1996 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 293 acres | San Bernardino Unit | CANYON |
| 8 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | San Bernardino Unit | WEST BOUND |
| 8 September 1995 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | San Bernardino Unit | RUTHERFORD |
| 7 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Riverside Unit | FREEWAY |
| 5 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | San Bernardino Unit | AVENUE H / CALIFORNIA 3 |
| 5 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | San Bernardino Unit | STEARNS ST /E COUNTY LINE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of El Casco: 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Granite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poway Pit | Granite | Producer | ||
| Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Unnamed Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names El Casco in 1 storm report in 2008: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2008 | Flash Flood | El Casco | $500,000 | Flash flooding caused serious damage to several residential neighborhoods in rural northeastern Moreno Valley between Moreno Beach Dr and Redlands Blvd. City building and safety inspectors declared one home unsafe to occupy and at least four others damaged near Locust Ave north of State Highway 60. A few miles south at the 29000 Block of Stevens Ave, several more homes were damaged by major flooding. Elsewhere, flash flooding forced the closure of San Timoteo Canyon Rd, Live Oak Canyon Rd, and portions of Alessandro Rd. Fire officials received a total of 28 reports of flooded residences due to the thunderstorm. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moonlight Rim | 2.5 miles | 37 | |
| Ordway | 3.1 miles | 39 | |
| Calimesa | 3.4 miles | 36 | |
| Hinda | 3.7 miles | 38 | |
| Moreno Knolls | 3.9 miles | 38 | |
| Moreno | 4.9 miles | 37 | |
| Serrano Heights | 5.0 miles | 37 | |
| Nicklin | 6.1 miles | 38 |
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 Q122539261 | The 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 1656500. 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.













