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La Cresta, 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. The Survey maps it on the Wildomar quadrangle. 8,787 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,156 feet above sea level.

La Cresta 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, surveyed 1997
Topographic sheet of La Cresta, 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

518 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 518 fires within 5 miles of La Cresta between 1992 and 2020, burning about 7,398 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 36 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/undetermined222
Equipment and vehicle use131
Recreation and ceremony41
Arson/incendiarism36
Misuse of fire by a minor30
Debris and open burning27
Smoking17
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Natural5
Fireworks1
Other causes1

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 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresRiverside UnitCOMO ST WILD
9 September 2000Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCleveland National ForestWILDOMAR
9 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRiverside UnitLOCAL FIRE
8 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresRiverside UnitSTATE FIRE # 1392
7 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionGRAND AV LVIL
7 September 2003Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictLOCAL
6 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRiverside UnitCHLOE
5 September 2016Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionSANDERS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Riverside County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of La Cresta: 3 occurrences, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, 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
Sievert Clay ProspectClayOccurrence
Wildomar Kaolin DepositClayOccurrence

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 West1.3 miles35
Sylvan Meadows2.8 miles35
Wildomar3.1 miles35
La Cresta Highlands3.2 miles35
Santa Rosa South3.5 miles35
Santa Margarita Groves5.2 miles36
Murrieta5.4 miles35
Lakeland Village5.5 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 Q6462030The 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 1849583. 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.