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Green Valley, California

43 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the San Diego census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92064. It lies in Green Valley. The Survey maps it on the Escondido quadrangle.

Green Valley within San Diego County

Then and now

1893 to 1996

The same ground, surveyed 103 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Green Valley, surveyed 1996
Topographic sheet of Green Valley, surveyed 1893

Compare 1893 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

16 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

142 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 142 fires within 5 miles of Green Valley between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,602 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/undetermined65
Equipment and vehicle use32
Debris and open burning14
Arson/incendiarism12
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Smoking3
Recreation and ceremony3
Other causes2
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
6 September 2004Misuse of fire by a minor65 acresSan Diego UnitBANDY
30 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
28 September 1993Arson/incendiarism705 acresCalifornia Desert DistrictCOACH
26 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSan Diego Unitnot named
24 September 1996Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Diego UnitRIVER
22 September 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
20 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Diego UnitCAMINO SANTA FE / FOUR G
20 September 2005Naturalunder 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

10 of 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Green Valley: 9 past producers, 6 producers, 1 occurrence. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Granite, Gold, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
Black Mountain GroupArsenic, GoldPast Producer
Bly Stone CoStoneProducer
Four-Gee DepositsAluminumPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Lake Hodges PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
C. B. Grove Pit No. 2Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Crescent MineGoldProducer
Crescent MineGoldOccurrence
Dg PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Poway PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast 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
Rancho Bernardo1.1 miles43
Poway3.6 miles37
Rock Haven (historical)4.0 miles37
Sabre Springs5.1 miles37
Poway Grove Park5.3 miles37
Poway Grove (historical)5.3 miles37
Rancho Penasquitos5.5 miles37
Del Dios5.8 miles43

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2629393. 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.