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Hidden Meadows, California

42 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Valley Center census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92026. The Survey maps it on the Valley Center quadrangle. 4,484 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,496 feet above sea level.

Hidden Meadows 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 Hidden Meadows, surveyed 1996
Topographic sheet of Hidden Meadows, surveyed 1893

Compare 1893 against another survey:

Population over time

2 figures

Hidden Meadows grew from 3,485 to 4,484 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
20103,485
20204,484+999 (+29%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

16 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

474 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 474 fires within 5 miles of Hidden Meadows between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,471 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 24 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/undetermined215
Equipment and vehicle use156
Debris and open burning40
Arson/incendiarism24
Misuse of fire by a minor14
Recreation and ceremony7
Natural7
Smoking7
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Other causes1
Fireworks1

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 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionBROADWAY
9 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSan Diego UnitROCK
9 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Diego UnitCIRCLE
8 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Diego UnitGOPHER
6 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Diego UnitCENTER 2
6 September 2004Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresSan Diego UnitLILAC
6 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSan Diego UnitVISTA.
6 September 1996Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Diego UnitTWIN OAKS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Diego County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 22 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Hidden Meadows: 12 past producers, 7 producers, 3 prospects. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold. 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
Bradburry ProspectLead, SilverProspect
Monarch MineGoldProspect
White Oak MineGoldProspect
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Bryant, D. G., San MarcosStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Fellows and Clutter QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
National Blue Granite QuarryGranite, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Twin Oaks QuarryStone, 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
Lawrence Welk Resort Village1.5 miles40
Jesmond Dene3.1 miles42
Twin Oaks3.6 miles40
Valley Center4.2 miles42
Lilac4.6 miles32
Richland5.1 miles40
Buena6.2 miles40
San Marcos6.3 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.

Wikipedia article on Hidden MeadowsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2314579The 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 1867027. 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.