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Las Flores, California

35 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Camp Pendleton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92672. It stands on Las Flores Creek. The Survey maps it on the Las Pulgas Canyon quadrangle.

Las Flores within San Diego County

Then and now

1901 to 1982

The same ground, surveyed 81 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Las Flores, surveyed 1982
Topographic sheet of Las Flores, surveyed 1901

Compare 1901 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

16 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

15 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Las Flores between 2010 and 2020, burning about 3,232 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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/undetermined10
Arson/incendiarism3
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
7 September 2011Arson/incendiarism2.4 acresSan Diego Unitnot named
30 September 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
29 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
26 September 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
29 July 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
13 July 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined3,225 acresMarine Corps Base Camp PendletonALISO
29 June 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Diego Unitnot named
26 June 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Diego Unitnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire 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
Don (historical)2.2 miles35
Stuart2.9 miles35
Agra4.1 miles27
Chappo4.8 miles35
Ysidora4.9 miles46
Ysidora (historical)5.0 miles35
Fallbrook Junction5.3 miles46
Jofegan6.7 miles35

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1660896. 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.