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La Cresta Highlands, California

35 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Murrieta census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92562. It lies near Tenaja Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Wildomar quadrangle.

La Cresta Highlands within Riverside County

Then and now

1901 to 1997

The same ground, surveyed 96 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 Cresta Highlands, surveyed 1997
Topographic sheet of La Cresta Highlands, surveyed 1901

Compare 1901 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 35 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

172 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 172 fires within 5 miles of La Cresta Highlands between 1992 and 2020, burning about 7,310 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 19 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/undetermined52
Equipment and vehicle use50
Recreation and ceremony33
Arson/incendiarism19
Debris and open burning11
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Smoking2
Natural1

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 2000Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCleveland National ForestWILDOMAR
8 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresRiverside UnitSTATE FIRE # 1392
5 September 2005Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCleveland National ForestSITE #18
4 September 2010Debris and open burning1.0 acresRiverside UnitAVENIDA LA CRESTA / CLIN
28 September 1999Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresCleveland National ForestKEITH #3
28 September 1999Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresRiverside UnitSTATE
25 September 2016Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCleveland National ForestGUARD
2 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionCARANCHO

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Riverside County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of La Cresta Highlands: 1 occurrence, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Tungsten, Molybdenum, Tungsten, Molybdenum. 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
Tenaja Canyon MineTungsten, MolybdenumUnknown
Unnamed DepositTungsten, MolybdenumOccurrenceMolybdenite, Scheelite, Wolframite

Every working recorded in Riverside 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
Santa Rosa South1.2 miles35
Santa Rosa West2.5 miles35
La Cresta3.2 miles35
Sylvan Meadows3.4 miles35
Santa Margarita Groves3.9 miles36
Wildomar6.3 miles35
Murrieta7.3 miles35
Lakeland Village8.0 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.

Wikidata item Q122556201The 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 1849584. 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.