Kentwood-In-The-Pines, 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 92036. It lies near Inspiration Point. The Survey maps it on the Julian quadrangle. It stands 4,308 feet above sea level.
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
14 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 Santa Ysabel quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Santa Ysabel quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Julian quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1960 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Santa Ysabel quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1965 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Borrego Valley quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1997 USGS Julian quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
237 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 237 fires within 5 miles of Kentwood-In-The-Pines between 1992 and 2020, burning about 74,624 acres in total. 30 started naturally. 14 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 | 85 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 56 |
| Natural | 30 |
| Debris and open burning | 25 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 14 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 13 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | San Diego Unit | ENGINEER |
| 8 September 1996 | Natural | under an acre | San Diego Unit | FELIPE # 3 |
| 8 September 1996 | Natural | 1.0 acres | San Diego Unit | FELIPE # 1 |
| 8 September 1996 | Natural | 4.0 acres | San Diego Unit | FELIPE # 2 |
| 7 September 2000 | Natural | under an acre | California Desert District | GRANITE |
| 7 September 2000 | Natural | under an acre | San Diego Unit | FELIPE |
| 7 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | San Diego Unit | HIESE |
| 6 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 685 acres | San Diego Unit | VOLCAN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 129 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 129 workings within 5 miles of Kentwood-In-The-Pines: 39 producers, 34 occurrences, 33 past producers, 22 prospects. 39 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Nickel, Silver, Tellurium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foster Quarry | Stone | Producer | ||
| Foster Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Friday Copper Co Claim | Cobalt, Copper, Nickel | Prospect | ||
| Friday Deposit | Nickel, Iron, Cobalt, Copper | Prospect | ||
| Friday Mine | Copper, Nickel, Cobalt, Palladium, Platinum, Iridium | Occurrence | 1885 | |
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Kentwood Scheelite Claim | Tungsten | Occurrence | ||
| Owens | Gold, Copper, Silver | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Owens Mine | Gold, Silver, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Owens Old Owensmine | Gold, Copper, Silver | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whispering Pines | 1.1 miles | 34 | |
| Julian | 1.5 miles | 34 | |
| Banner | 1.6 miles | 34 | |
| Branson (historical) | 2.3 miles | 34 | |
| Harrison Park | 3.2 miles | 34 | |
| Pine Hills | 3.3 miles | 34 | |
| Wynola | 4.1 miles | 34 | |
| Scissors Crossing | 5.6 miles | 24 |
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 Kentwood-In-The-Pines | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14682921 | 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 1660833. 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.













