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La Sierra, 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 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, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of La Sierra, 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

886 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 886 fires within 5 miles of La Sierra between 1992 and 2020, burning about 8,165 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 89 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/undetermined474
Equipment and vehicle use142
Arson/incendiarism89
Misuse of fire by a minor60
Smoking60
Debris and open burning37
Recreation and ceremony12
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Natural4

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 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 1996Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreRiverside UnitLOCAL
7 September 2017Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionLIMONITE AV / PEDLEY RD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Riverside County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 45 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 45 workings within 5 miles of La Sierra: 37 past producers, 5 occurrences, 2 producers, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Stone, Dimension. 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
Big Basin Copper ProspectCopper, Gold, SilverProspect
Fletcher ProspectMolybdenum, CopperOccurrenceMolybdenite
Jurupa DepositSilicaPast Producer
Lane BrothersGranitePast Producer
Molybdenite OccurrenceMolybdenumOccurrence
Cajalco Dumortierite OccurrenceKyaniteOccurrence
Collins ProspectCopperPast Producer
Corona Division Quarry and MillStoneProducer
Corona QuarryStonePast Producer
Home GardensKyaniteOccurrence

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
La Sierra Heights1.7 miles43
May1.8 miles43
Arlanza2.2 miles43
Arlington2.7 miles43
Norco2.9 miles38
Arlington Station3.0 miles43
Home Gardens3.2 miles38
Porphyry3.9 miles38

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1660866. 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.