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Highgrove, California

38 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Riverside census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92507. The Survey maps it on the San Bernardino South quadrangle. 7,515 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 951 feet above sea level.

Highgrove within Riverside County

Then and now

1896 to 1982

The same ground, surveyed 86 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Highgrove, surveyed 1982
Topographic sheet of Highgrove, surveyed 1896

Compare 1896 against another survey:

On record in Highgrove

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Population over time

2 figures

Highgrove grew from 3,988 to 7,515 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
20103,988
20207,515+3,527 (+88%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

19 surveys from 38 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

1,049 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,049 fires within 5 miles of Highgrove between 1992 and 2020, burning about 16,296 acres in total. None started naturally. 136 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/undetermined588
Equipment and vehicle use150
Arson/incendiarism136
Misuse of fire by a minor89
Smoking43
Debris and open burning29
Recreation and ceremony9
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

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 Protectionnot named
8 September 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreSan Bernardino UnitGOLFBALL
8 September 2002Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreRiverside UnitLOCAL
8 September 2000Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreRiverside UnitLOCAL FIRE
7 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
7 September 2006Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresRiverside UnitCHAMOMILE INC
7 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
7 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRiverside UnitLOCAL VEG. FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Riverside County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 34 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 34 workings within 5 miles of Highgrove: 23 past producers, 8 producers, 2 occurrences, 1 prospect. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General, Granite. 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
City CreekMercuryOccurrence
Colton Cement PlantLimestone, General, Calcium, Cement RockProducer
Crestmore QuarryCement Rock, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Mountain Group DepositAntimony, ArsenicPast Producer
New City QuarryLimestone, General, DolomitePast Producer
Rubidoux Hill QuarryStone, DimensionPast Producer
Slover Mountain QuarryCalcium, Marble, DimensionPast Producer
Spicer Silica PropertyFeldspar, SilicaProspect
Hancock's Brick YardClayPast Producer
Riverside Cement CompanyLimestone, General, ClayPast Producer

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
Canyon Crest Heights2.4 miles45
Lemona2.5 miles45
Belvedere Heights2.5 miles45
Riverside Junction2.6 miles45
Bannockburn Village2.6 miles45
Belltown2.7 miles39
Crestmore3.0 miles39
Rubidoux4.1 miles43

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 HighgroveAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3041404The 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 1652721. 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.