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.
Then and now
1903 to 1997The 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.


Compare 1903 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
17 surveys from 34 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1903 USGS Ramona quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1904 USGS Southern California Sheet No. 2 quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1939 USGS Warner Springs quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Warner Springs quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1947 USGS Warner Springs quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1952 USGS Warner Springs quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Warner Springs quadrangle1:24000
- 1959 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Warner Springs quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Warner Springs quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Borrego Valley quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1997 USGS Warner Springs quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
123 since 1992Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 46 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 34 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 17 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 13 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2020 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Cleveland National Forest | TREE |
| 7 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Cleveland National Forest | BARKER |
| 7 September 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Cleveland National Forest | COTTONWOOD |
| 4 September 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Cleveland National Forest | OAK |
| 30 September 2011 | Natural | 40 acres | California Desert District | CHIHUAHUA 3 |
| 29 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Cleveland National Forest | STONE |
| 29 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | San Diego Unit | STONE 2 |
| 2 September 2006 | Natural | under an acre | California Desert District | BEAUTY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 12 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big Buck Prospect | Lithium | Occurrence | ||
| Happy Land Mine | Beryllium | Prospect | ||
| Maple Lode Mine | Semiprecious Gemstone | Past Producer | ||
| Ware Mine | Gemstone | Prospect | ||
| Easy Group | Tungsten | Past Producer | ||
| Easy Group | Tungsten | Past Producer | ||
| Golden Crown Claim | Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Golden Duke Group | Gold | Prospect | ||
| Lucky Strike Claim | Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Macaboy Claim | Gold | Occurrence |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oak Grove | 3.6 miles | 35 | |
| Warner Springs | 7.3 miles | 34 | |
| Palomar Mountain | 7.7 miles | 35 | |
| Los Tules | 7.7 miles | 35 | |
| La Jolla Amago | 8.2 miles | 33 | |
| Eagles Nest | 8.7 miles | 35 | |
| Morettis Junction | 10.5 miles | 33 | |
| San Ysidro | 11.2 miles | 35 |
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 Q122559841 | The 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.
















