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.
Then and now
1901 to 1982The 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.


Compare 1901 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
16 surveys from 35 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1901 USGS San Luis Rey quadrangle1:125000, 8 printings
- 1904 USGS Southern California Sheet No. 2 quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1941 USGS Margarita Peak quadrangle1:62500
- 1942 USGS Margarita Peak quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS Margarita Peak quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Las Pulgas Canyon quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Las Pulgas Canyon quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Margarita Peak quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Las Pulgas Canyon quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1982 USGS Oceanside quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
15 since 2010Regional 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/undetermined | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.4 acres | San Diego Unit | not named |
| 30 September 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 29 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 26 September 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 29 July 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 13 July 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3,225 acres | Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton | ALISO |
| 29 June 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | San Diego Unit | not named |
| 26 June 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | San Diego Unit | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Don (historical) | 2.2 miles | 35 | |
| Stuart | 2.9 miles | 35 | |
| Agra | 4.1 miles | 27 | |
| Chappo | 4.8 miles | 35 | |
| Ysidora | 4.9 miles | 46 | |
| Ysidora (historical) | 5.0 miles | 35 | |
| Fallbrook Junction | 5.3 miles | 46 | |
| Jofegan | 6.7 miles | 35 |
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.















