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Jamul, California

30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Jamul census division. It lies in ZIP code area 91935. The Survey maps it on the Jamul Mountains quadrangle. 6,179 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 997 feet above sea level.

Jamul within San Diego County

Then and now

1903 to 1994

The same ground, surveyed 91 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Jamul, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Jamul, surveyed 1903

Compare 1903 against another survey:

Population over time

2 figures

Jamul grew from 6,163 to 6,179 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.

YearPeople Change
20106,163
20206,179+16 (+0%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 30 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

699 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 699 fires within 5 miles of Jamul between 1992 and 2020, burning about 13,696 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 90 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/undetermined353
Equipment and vehicle use117
Arson/incendiarism90
Recreation and ceremony72
Debris and open burning33
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Natural7
Smoking7
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Fireworks2
Other causes2
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Diego National Wildlife RefugeSYCUAN
9 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSan Diego UnitPROCTOR #2
9 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictPROCTOR
9 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSan Diego National Wildlife RefugePROCTOR3
9 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSan Diego National Wildlife RefugePROCTOR2
9 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Diego UnitSKYLINE
9 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresSan Diego National Wildlife RefugePAR
8 September 2006Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSan Diego National Wildlife RefugeJAMACHA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Diego County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 25 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 25 workings within 5 miles of Jamul: 17 past producers, 6 producers, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General. 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
Dehesa DepositStone, DimensionOccurrence
Lost Peg Leg ClaimGoldProspect
Jamul Ranch DepositLimestone, GeneralPast Producer
Jamuljamul Portland Cement CoLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Mcginty Mountain DepositFeldsparPast Producer
Mcginty Mtn Deposit Dehesa CorntyFeldsparProducer
Unnamed QuarryStonePast Producer
Unnamed QuarryStonePast Producer
C B Grove Deposit--Pit #1GraniteProducer
C B Grove Deposit--Pit No. 1Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in San Diego County

Storms near this place

3 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jamul in 3 storm reports between 2000 and 2023: 2 wildfire, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
November 2023Thunderstorm WindJamul$1,000A line of strong thunderstorms moved central and southern San Diego County during the late morning hours on November 15. Heavy rain, lightning and strong winds were reported from the inland valleys through the mountains. The following are the strongest wind reports from the thunderstorm complex:||Mesonet station TAVSD Tavern: 43 MPH. Damaged to patio furniture was reported.|Mesonet station BRMSD Barona Mesa: 44 MPH|Mesonet station DENC1 Descanso RAWS: 42 MPH|Mesonet station HF003 Pine Valley Horse Launch: 43 MPH|Mesonet station ANEC1 Alpine RAWS: 45 MPH.
August 2002WildfireJamul-no account filed
December 2000WildfireJamul-no account filed

Every storm 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
Indian Springs0.3 miles30
North Jamul0.7 miles29
Jamul Indian Village0.8 miles29
Jamacha2.5 miles30
Phelps Corner3.5 miles29
Rancho San Diego3.8 miles30
Jamacha Junction3.9 miles30
Dehesa4.6 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.

Wikipedia article on JamulAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2234295The 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 1652730. 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.