Homeland, California
36 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Perris Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92548. It lies near Double Butte. The Survey maps it on the Winchester quadrangle. 6,772 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,604 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1901 to 1983The same ground, surveyed 82 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1901 against another survey:
Population over time
2 figuresHomeland grew from 5,969 to 6,772 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 5,969 | |
| 2020 | 6,772 | +803 (+13%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 36 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.
- 1901 USGS Elsinore quadrangle1:125000, 8 printings
- 1901 USGS Southern California Sheet No. 1 quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1904 USGS Southern California Sheet No. 1 quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1942 USGS Murrieta quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Murrieta quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Winchester quadrangle1:24000, 7 printings
- 1956 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1983 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
887 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 887 fires within 5 miles of Homeland between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,558 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 77 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/undetermined | 409 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 229 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 77 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 66 |
| Smoking | 44 |
| Debris and open burning | 33 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 15 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Riverside Unit | DESERT TERRACE DR MENI |
| 9 September 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Riverside Unit | LOCAL |
| 9 September 1994 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Riverside Unit | STATE |
| 8 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Riverside Unit | GRAND |
| 8 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Riverside Unit | POWERLINE |
| 8 September 1993 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 12 acres | Riverside Unit | STATE |
| 7 September 2019 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Riverside Unit | QUAKING ASPEN WY MENI |
| 7 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9.0 acres | Riverside Unit | ALLEN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 22 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Homeland: 8 past producers, 7 prospects, 5 occurrences, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Feldspar, Silica, Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pit | Granite | Producer | ||
| Ritchie & Paulson | Beryllium, Mica, Tantalum | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Corundum Occurrence | Corundum, Gemstone | Occurrence | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Rigers Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Riverside Co. Gravel Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Romoland Group | Gold | Prospect | ||
| Twin Buttes No. 1 Mine | Gold | Prospect | ||
| Twin Buttes No. 2 Mine | Gold | Prospect |
Storms near this place
4 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Homeland in 4 storm reports between 1998 and 2015: 2 tornado, 1 funnel cloud, 1 wildfire. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2015 | Tornado (EF0) | Homeland | - | Numerous reports through the broadcast media and social media of a brief landspout near Menifee. The funnel was nearly stationary and occurred over open terrain, with no damage reported. |
| June 2001 | Wildfire | Homeland | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Tornado (F0) | Homeland | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Funnel Cloud | Homeland | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Green Acres | 1.8 miles | 36 | |
| Valley Vista | 1.9 miles | 36 | |
| Juniper Springs | 2.1 miles | 36 | |
| Menifee | 2.2 miles | 35 | |
| Winchester | 2.8 miles | 36 | |
| Romoland | 3.5 miles | 35 | |
| Nuevo | 4.5 miles | 35 | |
| Menifee Lakes | 5.0 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.
| Wikipedia article on Homeland | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2320430 | 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 1652723. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.












