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La Jolla Amago, California

33 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Pauma Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92061. It stands on Cedar Creek. The Survey maps it on the Palomar Observatory quadrangle.

La Jolla Amago 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 La Jolla Amago, surveyed 1997
Topographic sheet of La Jolla Amago, surveyed 1903

Compare 1903 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 33 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

216 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 216 fires within 5 miles of La Jolla Amago between 1992 and 2020, burning about 56,941 acres in total. 36 started naturally. 21 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
Equipment and vehicle use47
Missing data/not specified/undetermined45
Natural36
Debris and open burning26
Recreation and ceremony26
Arson/incendiarism21
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Other causes5
Misuse of fire by a minor4
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 UnitLILAC
7 September 2013Naturalunder an acreCleveland National ForestBARKER
7 September 2013Naturalunder an acreCleveland National ForestFRENCH
7 September 2000Naturalunder an acreSan Diego UnitASSIST # 28
7 September 2000Naturalunder an acreCleveland National ForestPLAISTED
6 September 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreCleveland National ForestPILE
4 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSouthern California AgencyFIELD
4 September 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCleveland National ForestPALOMAR

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Diego County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of La Jolla Amago: 8 past producers, 4 producers, 3 occurrences, 1 unknown. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Gemstone, Tungsten, Quartz, Gemstone, Quartz. 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
Clark Extension ProspectSemiprecious GemstonePast Producer
Clark MineQuartz, GemstoneProducer
Clark MineGemstone, QuartzPast Producer
Rincon Pegmatite DistrictGemstone, Niobium (Columbium), Beryllium, TantalumProducerPEGMATITE
Dyche Valley MineTungstenPast ProducerScheelite
Dyche Valley MineTungstenPast Producer
PalomarTungstenUnknown
PalomarTungstenPast ProducerScheelite
Calac ProspectGemstonePast Producer
Mack MineGemstoneProducer

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
Palomar Mountain2.9 miles35
Rincon5.0 miles35
Pauma Valley6.4 miles35
Oak Grove8.1 miles35
Holcomb Village8.2 miles34
Mesa Grande8.7 miles33
Morettis Junction9.9 miles33
Valley Center10.1 miles42

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 Q65554773The 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 1660857. 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.