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Holcomb Village, California

34 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Palomar-Julian census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92086. It lies near Dark Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Warner Springs quadrangle.

Holcomb Village within San Diego County

Then and now

1903 to 1997

The same ground, surveyed 94 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Holcomb Village, surveyed 1997
Topographic sheet of Holcomb Village, surveyed 1903

Compare 1903 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

17 surveys from 34 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

123 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 123 fires within 5 miles of Holcomb Village between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,612 acres in total. 46 started naturally. 5 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
Natural46
Missing data/not specified/undetermined34
Equipment and vehicle use17
Recreation and ceremony13
Debris and open burning6
Arson/incendiarism5
Other causes1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
7 September 2020Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCleveland National ForestTREE
7 September 2013Naturalunder an acreCleveland National ForestBARKER
7 September 2000Naturalunder an acreCleveland National ForestCOTTONWOOD
4 September 2006Naturalunder an acreCleveland National ForestOAK
30 September 2011Natural40 acresCalifornia Desert DistrictCHIHUAHUA 3
29 September 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCleveland National ForestSTONE
29 September 2011Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresSan Diego UnitSTONE 2
2 September 2006Naturalunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictBEAUTY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Diego County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Holcomb Village: 5 past producers, 4 occurrences, 3 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Tungsten, Semiprecious Gemstone, Gemstone. 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
Big Buck ProspectLithiumOccurrence
Happy Land MineBerylliumProspect
Maple Lode MineSemiprecious GemstonePast Producer
Ware MineGemstoneProspect
Easy GroupTungstenPast Producer
Easy GroupTungstenPast Producer
Golden Crown ClaimGoldOccurrence
Golden Duke GroupGoldProspect
Lucky Strike ClaimGoldOccurrence
Macaboy ClaimGoldOccurrence

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
Oak Grove3.6 miles35
Warner Springs7.3 miles34
Palomar Mountain7.7 miles35
Los Tules7.7 miles35
La Jolla Amago8.2 miles33
Eagles Nest8.7 miles35
Morettis Junction10.5 miles33
San Ysidro11.2 miles35

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 Q122559841The 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 1660754. 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.