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Lake Crest Estates, California

42 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Hemet-San Jacinto census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92544. It lies near Reservoir Butte. The Survey maps it on the Hemet quadrangle.

Lake Crest Estates within Riverside County

Then and now

1901 to 1996

The same ground, surveyed 95 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Lake Crest Estates, surveyed 1996
Topographic sheet of Lake Crest Estates, surveyed 1901

Compare 1901 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 42 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

757 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 757 fires within 5 miles of Lake Crest Estates between 1992 and 2020, burning about 16,722 acres in total. 21 started naturally. 110 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/undetermined354
Arson/incendiarism110
Equipment and vehicle use82
Misuse of fire by a minor74
Debris and open burning45
Smoking44
Natural21
Recreation and ceremony17
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Fireworks2
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/undeterminedunder an acreRiverside Unitnot named
9 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRiverside UnitJOHNSTON AV HEM
8 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreRiverside UnitSTATE
8 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreSan Bernardino National ForestSUNDANCE
8 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Bernardino National ForestRIVER
7 September 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreRiverside UnitDOVERWOOD PL HEM
7 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRiverside UnitS MISTLETOE AV SANJ
7 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Riverside County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Lake Crest Estates: 5 past producers, 4 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Magnesite, Limestone, General, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Feldspar. 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
Hemet Silica MineSilicaPast Producer
Last Chance Feldspar and SilicaFeldsparOccurrence
Riverside Co. Gravel PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Wm Shelton ProspectUranium, GemstoneOccurrence
Bautista Canyon PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Hemet Magnesite MineMagnesiteOccurrenceSurface
Moore Limestone DepositLimestone, GeneralPast Producer
Nichols Magnesite DepositMagnesiteOccurrence
Rogers PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
San Jacinto Rock Products Co.Limestone, GeneralPast 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
Ramona Bowl1.7 miles42
East Hemet1.7 miles42
Valle Vista2.3 miles42
Hemet3.4 miles42
San Jacinto4.9 miles39
Egan5.1 miles36
Soboba Hot Springs5.5 miles39
Sycamore Springs7.4 miles40

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1849330. 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.