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Highland Springs, California

45 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the San Gorgonio Pass census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92223. It lies near Cherry Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Beaumont quadrangle.

Highland Springs within Riverside County

Then and now

1901 to 1996

The same ground, surveyed 95 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Highland Springs, surveyed 1996
Topographic sheet of Highland Springs, surveyed 1901

Compare 1901 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 45 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

1,202 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,202 fires within 5 miles of Highland Springs between 1992 and 2020, burning about 70,824 acres in total. 16 started naturally. 148 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/undetermined579
Equipment and vehicle use229
Arson/incendiarism148
Smoking88
Misuse of fire by a minor80
Debris and open burning37
Natural16
Power generation/transmission/distribution14
Recreation and ceremony10
Other causes1

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 ProtectionFREEWAY
9 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionRAMSEY
9 September 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreRiverside UnitW WILLIAMS ST / MORONGO A
9 September 2000Equipment and vehicle use475 acresRiverside UnitBLACK RANCH
9 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined175 acresSan Bernardino National ForestBLACKS RANCH
9 September 1994Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreRiverside UnitSCHOOL
8 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresRiverside UnitW OAK VALLEY PY / POTRERO
8 September 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreRiverside UnitLOCAL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Riverside County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Highland Springs: 3 past producers, 2 occurrences, 1 producer, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Geothermal, Copper, 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
Highland SpringsGeothermalProducer
Pauper's Dream and QuiduncCopper, GoldOccurrenceVein
Pauper's Dream and Quindunc GroupGold, CopperOccurrence
Paymaster MineGoldProspect
Banning PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Matich PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast 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
Cherry Valley1.9 miles45
Beaumont3.3 miles45
Nicklin4.2 miles38
Banning4.6 miles45
Hinda6.2 miles38
Calimesa6.8 miles36
Owl7.2 miles40
Eden Hot Springs7.9 miles38

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 Q59396181The 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 1660748. 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.