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Good Meadow, California

40 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Perris Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92570. It lies near Steele Peak. The Survey maps it on the Steele Peak quadrangle.

Good Meadow 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 Good Meadow, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Good Meadow, surveyed 1901

Compare 1901 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 40 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

2,013 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2,013 fires within 5 miles of Good Meadow between 1992 and 2020, burning about 7,348 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 194 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/undetermined994
Equipment and vehicle use450
Arson/incendiarism194
Misuse of fire by a minor148
Debris and open burning79
Smoking69
Recreation and ceremony26
Firearms and explosives use23
Power generation/transmission/distribution18
Natural9
Fireworks3

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/undetermined1.0 acresRiverside UnitIDALEONA RD PERR
9 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresRiverside UnitELLIS AV GOOD
9 September 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresRiverside UnitGARZA RD / WITHERS RD
9 September 2008Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresRiverside UnitCARROLL
9 September 2004Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreRiverside UnitLOCAL FIRE
9 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictTREE
9 September 2003Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictGOETZ
9 September 2001Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresRiverside UnitSTATE FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Riverside County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 84 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 84 workings within 5 miles of Good Meadow: 40 past producers, 19 prospects, 12 occurrences, 12 producers. 12 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Manganese, Stone, Dimension. 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
Best Ranch DepositLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Best Ranch DepositLimestone, DimensionPast Producer
Unnamed Tin ProspectTin, GemstoneProspect
White Prince DepositFeldspar, SilicaProspect
BeattyTungstenOccurrenceVein
Beatty ClaimsTungstenOccurrence
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Middlesworth Clay DepositClayPast Producer
Railroad CanyonSilicaOccurrence

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
Good Hope0.9 miles40
Camelot Hills2.8 miles40
Perris3.2 miles35
Ellis3.5 miles35
Santa Rosa Ranch Estates3.8 miles40
Quail Valley4.6 miles35
Gavilan Hills4.7 miles40
Mead Valley4.7 miles40

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 Q122552845The 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 1848973. 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.