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La Sierra Heights, California

43 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Riverside census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92505. It lies near Twin Buttes. The Survey maps it on the Riverside West quadrangle.

La Sierra Heights within Riverside County

Then and now

1901 to 1983

The same ground, surveyed 82 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 Sierra Heights, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of La Sierra Heights, surveyed 1901

Compare 1901 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

16 surveys from 43 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

1,300 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,300 fires within 5 miles of La Sierra Heights between 1992 and 2020, burning about 9,818 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 118 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/undetermined653
Equipment and vehicle use224
Smoking126
Arson/incendiarism118
Misuse of fire by a minor89
Debris and open burning55
Recreation and ceremony13
Power generation/transmission/distribution13
Railroad operations and maintenance6
Natural3

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 2020Arson/incendiarism7.0 acresRiverside UnitWOODWARD AV NORC
9 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionCLAY
9 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionSKYLOFT DR JRPV
9 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRiverside UnitCLUBHOUSE DR NORC
8 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRiverside UnitEL PALOMINO DR JRPV
8 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionANDOVER ST HOMG
8 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresRiverside UnitLIMONITE
8 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresRiverside UnitTYROLITE ST / MISSION BL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Riverside County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 25 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 25 workings within 5 miles of La Sierra Heights: 23 past producers, 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Silica, Stone, Dimension, 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
Corona QuarryStonePast Producer
Fletcher ProspectMolybdenum, CopperOccurrenceMolybdenite
Lane BrothersGranitePast Producer
Magstone ProductsLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Molybdenite OccurrenceMolybdenumOccurrence
Mobile Sand CompanySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Mt. Hole QuarriesStone, DimensionPast Producer
Santa Ana River PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Stone & Alexander QuarryFeldspar, SilicaPast Producer
Unnamed QuarryStone, DimensionPast Producer

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
Arlanza1.1 miles43
La Sierra1.7 miles43
Pedley2.2 miles43
Arlington2.7 miles43
Arlington Station3.2 miles43
Bly3.4 miles43
May3.4 miles43
Norco3.4 miles38

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 244464. 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.