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Irvings Crest, California

37 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Ramona census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92065. It lies near Longs Gulch. The Survey maps it on the San Vicente Reservoir quadrangle.

Irvings Crest within San Diego County

Then and now

1893 to 1996

The same ground, surveyed 103 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Irvings Crest, surveyed 1996
Topographic sheet of Irvings Crest, surveyed 1893

Compare 1893 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

17 surveys from 37 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

550 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 550 fires within 5 miles of Irvings Crest between 1992 and 2020, burning about 9,158 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 54 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/undetermined239
Equipment and vehicle use158
Arson/incendiarism54
Debris and open burning28
Misuse of fire by a minor28
Recreation and ceremony15
Smoking9
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Natural5
Other causes3
Fireworks2
Firearms and explosives use2

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
8 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Diego UnitSAN VICENTE
8 September 1992Equipment and vehicle use10 acresSouthern California AgencyBARONA
7 September 1995Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSan Diego UnitHUNTER
5 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Diego UnitROBERTSON
5 September 1994Misuse of fire by a minor1.5 acresSan Diego UnitLA BREA
4 September 2019Naturalunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictVICENTE
4 September 1997Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Diego UnitPATCO
30 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSan Diego UnitDYE RD / RAMONA ST

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Diego County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Irvings Crest: 3 past producers, 3 occurrences, 1 producer, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Granite, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Molybdenum, 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
Daley MineCopperPast Producer
Featherstone DepositSilicaOccurrence
Fernbrook DepositMolybdenumProspect
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Hatfield Creek ClaimDiamondUnknown
Klondike ClaimGoldOccurrence
Mykrantz DepositFeldsparOccurrence
AtchisonGraniteProducer
San Diego QuarryGranitePast Producer

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
Shady Dell0.5 miles37
Fernbrook0.8 miles37
Rosemont1.6 miles31
Rock Haven (historical)3.2 miles37
Mussey Grove (historical)3.6 miles37
Barona3.8 miles40
Ramona4.9 miles32
Foster5.0 miles37

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 Q122557194The 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 1660805. 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.