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La Costa, California

50 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Oceanside-Escondido census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92009. It stands on San Marcos Creek. The Survey maps it on the Encinitas quadrangle.

La Costa within San Diego County

Then and now

1893 to 1997

The same ground, surveyed 104 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of La Costa, surveyed 1997
Topographic sheet of La Costa, surveyed 1893

Compare 1893 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

17 surveys from 50 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

76 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 76 fires within 5 miles of La Costa between 1992 and 2020, burning about 960 acres in total. None started naturally. 8 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/undetermined41
Equipment and vehicle use17
Arson/incendiarism8
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Smoking3
Recreation and ceremony2
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 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSan Diego UnitELISO
8 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
3 September 2011Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSan Diego Unitnot named
3 September 1997Equipment and vehicle use1.5 acresSan Diego UnitHORIZON
3 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Diego UnitMEADOWLARK
20 September 2011Smokingunder an acreSan Diego Unitnot named
10 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
5 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSan Diego Unitnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Diego County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 17 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of La Costa: 12 past producers, 2 occurrences, 2 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Copper, Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
California Salt Co.SaltPast Producer
EncinitasCopper, LeadPast ProducerVein
Evans Point DepositStonePast Producer
Kelly Ranch MineStone, DimensionPast Producer
Moonlight Beach DepositGemstoneOccurrence
Ponto Beach DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Dorothy and Pearl ClaimsClayPast Producer
Encinitas MineCopperPast Producer
Gladding Mcbean & Co. MineClayPast Producer
Kelly Ranch MineClayPast ProducerSedimentary

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
Leucadia2.5 miles50
Olivenhain3.5 miles43
Lake San Marcos3.9 miles40
Encinitas4.0 miles50
Farr4.3 miles48
Cardiff-by-the-Sea4.9 miles50
Ocean Hills5.1 miles48
Elfin Forest5.5 miles43

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1951398. 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.