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.
Then and now
1901 to 1997The 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.


Compare 1901 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 35 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.
- 1901 USGS Elsinore quadrangle1:125000, 8 printings
- 1901 USGS Southern California Sheet No. 1 quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1904 USGS Southern California Sheet No. 1 quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1942 USGS Lake Elsinore quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Wildomar quadrangle1:24000, 6 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
- 1974 USGS Wildomar quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:100000
- 1997 USGS Wildomar quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
172 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 52 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 50 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 33 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 19 |
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Natural | 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 2000 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Cleveland National Forest | WILDOMAR |
| 8 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Riverside Unit | STATE FIRE # 1392 |
| 5 September 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Cleveland National Forest | SITE #18 |
| 4 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Riverside Unit | AVENIDA LA CRESTA / CLIN |
| 28 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Cleveland National Forest | KEITH #3 |
| 28 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Riverside Unit | STATE |
| 25 September 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Cleveland National Forest | GUARD |
| 2 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | CARANCHO |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tenaja Canyon Mine | Tungsten, Molybdenum | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Deposit | Tungsten, Molybdenum | Occurrence | Molybdenite, Scheelite, Wolframite |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Santa Rosa South | 1.2 miles | 35 | |
| Santa Rosa West | 2.5 miles | 35 | |
| La Cresta | 3.2 miles | 35 | |
| Sylvan Meadows | 3.4 miles | 35 | |
| Santa Margarita Groves | 3.9 miles | 36 | |
| Wildomar | 6.3 miles | 35 | |
| Murrieta | 7.3 miles | 35 | |
| Lakeland Village | 8.0 miles | 38 |
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 Q122556201 | 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 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.













