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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.

Kentwood-In-The-Pines within San Diego County

Then and now

1903 to 1997

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Kentwood-In-The-Pines, surveyed 1997
Topographic sheet of Kentwood-In-The-Pines, surveyed 1903

Compare 1903 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 34 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

237 since 1992

Regional 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/undetermined85
Equipment and vehicle use56
Natural30
Debris and open burning25
Arson/incendiarism14
Recreation and ceremony13
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Firearms and explosives use2
Smoking1

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 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Diego UnitENGINEER
8 September 1996Naturalunder an acreSan Diego UnitFELIPE # 3
8 September 1996Natural1.0 acresSan Diego UnitFELIPE # 1
8 September 1996Natural4.0 acresSan Diego UnitFELIPE # 2
7 September 2000Naturalunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictGRANITE
7 September 2000Naturalunder an acreSan Diego UnitFELIPE
7 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Diego UnitHIESE
6 September 2005Equipment and vehicle use685 acresSan Diego UnitVOLCAN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Diego County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 129 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Foster QuarryStoneProducer
Foster QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Friday Copper Co ClaimCobalt, Copper, NickelProspect
Friday DepositNickel, Iron, Cobalt, CopperProspect
Friday MineCopper, Nickel, Cobalt, Palladium, Platinum, IridiumOccurrence1885
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Kentwood Scheelite ClaimTungstenOccurrence
OwensGold, Copper, SilverPast ProducerVein
Owens MineGold, Silver, CopperPast Producer
Owens Old OwensmineGold, Copper, SilverProducer

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
Whispering Pines1.1 miles34
Julian1.5 miles34
Banner1.6 miles34
Branson (historical)2.3 miles34
Harrison Park3.2 miles34
Pine Hills3.3 miles34
Wynola4.1 miles34
Scissors Crossing5.6 miles24

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-PinesAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q14682921The 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.