Jesmond Dene, California
42 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Oceanside-Escondido census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92026. It lies near Reidy Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Valley Center quadrangle. It stands 900 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1893 to 1996The 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.


Compare 1893 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
16 surveys from 42 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.
- 1893 USGS Escondido quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1901 USGS Escondido quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1901 USGS San Luis Rey quadrangle1:125000, 8 printings
- 1904 USGS Southern California Sheet No. 2 quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1942 USGS Escondido quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Valley Center quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Valley Center quadrangle1:24000, 2 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
- 1968 USGS Valley Center quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1982 USGS Oceanside quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1996 USGS Valley Center quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
417 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 417 fires within 5 miles of Jesmond Dene between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,018 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 27 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 | 208 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 128 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 27 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 16 |
| Debris and open burning | 15 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | BROADWAY |
| 9 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | San Diego Unit | ROCK |
| 6 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | San Diego Unit | CENTER 2 |
| 6 September 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | San Diego Unit | LILAC |
| 6 September 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | San Diego Unit | VISTA. |
| 6 September 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | San Diego Unit | TWIN OAKS |
| 5 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.5 acres | San Diego Unit | WILKES |
| 5 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | San Diego Unit | CENTRE CITY FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 25 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 25 workings within 5 miles of Jesmond Dene: 10 past producers, 8 producers, 4 prospects, 3 unknowns. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haborlite Corporation | Perlite | Past Producer | ||
| Morris Clay Deposit | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Moe Mines | Gold | Prospect | ||
| Monarch Mine | Gold | Prospect | ||
| White Oak Mine | Gold | Prospect | ||
| Escondido Sand and Gravel Works | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| San Marcos Quarry | Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| San Pasqual Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Talone Ranch Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Bryant, D. G., San Marcos | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jesmond Dene in 2 storm reports between 2009 and 2020: 1 lightning, 1 flash flood. The reports record 2 injuries. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2009 | Lightning | Jesmond Dene | 2 hurt | A 31 year old male suffered serious injuries while doing landscape work at a home on Camden Place in San Marcos when lightning struck a palm tree nearby. He was transported to the hospital in critical condition. His 48 year old brother was treated for minor injuries. |
| April 2020 | Flash Flood | Jesmond Dene | $20,000 | Flash flooding and boulders reported on roads in Valley Center. Area received 4 inches of rain in about 12 hours. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Twin Oaks | 2.4 miles | 40 | |
| Richland | 2.5 miles | 40 | |
| Hidden Meadows | 3.1 miles | 42 | |
| Lawrence Welk Resort Village | 3.9 miles | 40 | |
| San Marcos | 4.0 miles | 40 | |
| Escondido | 4.4 miles | 43 | |
| Valley Center | 4.8 miles | 42 | |
| Buena | 5.3 miles | 40 |
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 Jesmond Dene | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6185774 | 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 1660813. 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.















