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Grossmont, California

42 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 91941. It lies near Mount Helix. The Survey maps it on the El Cajon quadrangle.

Grossmont 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 Grossmont, surveyed 1996
Topographic sheet of Grossmont, surveyed 1893

Compare 1893 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

18 surveys from 42 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

450 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 450 fires within 5 miles of Grossmont between 1992 and 2020, burning about 10,606 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 59 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/undetermined277
Arson/incendiarism59
Equipment and vehicle use50
Misuse of fire by a minor21
Debris and open burning16
Recreation and ceremony15
Smoking10
Fireworks1
Natural1

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 2010Arson/incendiarism1.1 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
9 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Diego National Wildlife RefugeSYCUAN
8 September 2008Smokingunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
8 September 2006Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSan Diego National Wildlife RefugeJAMACHA
8 September 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Diego National Wildlife RefugeCREEK
6 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Diego Unitnot named
6 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Diego National Wildlife RefugeMILLAR 2
6 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSan Diego UnitMILLAR

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Diego County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 48 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 48 workings within 5 miles of Grossmont: 29 past producers, 16 producers, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. 16 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone. 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
Coyote Mountains Nickel ProspectNickelOccurrenceGarnierite
Coyote Mtn Gypsum & SSulfur, Gypsum-AnhydriteProducerGypsum
El Granito Mineral SpringsGeothermalProducer
Olswick ProspectThorium, UraniumProspect
Parsons MineGoldPast Producer
Parsonsorange BlossommineGoldProducer
Phillips MineGoldPast Producer
Phillips Mine Chase RanchGoldProducer
Fletcher QuarriesStoneProducer
Golden Co.Inc.StoneProducer

Every working recorded in San Diego County

Storms near this place

1 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Grossmont in 1 storm report in 2001: 1 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
February 2001FloodGrossmont-Street flooding in Mission Valley.

Every storm 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
Alta (historical)0.1 miles42
Mount Helix0.8 miles42
Cajon Heights1.1 miles42
El Cajon1.8 miles42
Calavo Gardens1.8 miles42
La Mesa2.0 miles37
Casa de Oro2.1 miles30
Spring Valley2.4 miles30

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 Q122558009The 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 1656535. 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.