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Fleetridge, California

34 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the San Diego census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92107. It sits by Sunset Cliffs. The Survey maps it on the Point Loma quadrangle.

Fleetridge within San Diego County

Then and now

1904 to 1996

The same ground, surveyed 92 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Fleetridge, surveyed 1996
Topographic sheet of Fleetridge, surveyed 1904

Compare 1904 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 34 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

86 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 86 fires within 5 miles of Fleetridge between 2003 and 2020, burning about 19 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 12 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/undetermined52
Arson/incendiarism12
Debris and open burning8
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Equipment and vehicle use3
Smoking3
Natural2
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
5 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
25 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.4 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
25 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
20 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
20 September 2005Naturalunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
20 September 2005Naturalunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
18 September 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
16 September 2018Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Diego County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Fleetridge: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Salt, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Portuguese FlatSaltPast Producer
San Diego Molding Sand Co.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in San Diego 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
Riviera Villas0.2 miles24
Sunset Cliffs0.3 miles24
Roseville0.8 miles34
Azure Vista1.0 miles15
La Playa1.1 miles34
Ocean Beach1.2 miles24
Loma Portal1.9 miles34
Fort Rosecrans3.0 miles34

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 Q122539329The 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 1660640. 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.