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Lawrence Welk Resort Village, California

40 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Valley Center census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92026. It lies near South Fork Moosa Canyon. The Survey maps it on the San Marcos quadrangle.

Lawrence Welk Resort Village within San Diego County

Then and now

1893 to 1996

The same ground, surveyed 103 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Lawrence Welk Resort Village, surveyed 1996
Topographic sheet of Lawrence Welk Resort Village, surveyed 1893

Compare 1893 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

16 surveys from 40 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

499 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 499 fires within 5 miles of Lawrence Welk Resort Village between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,379 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 26 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/undetermined231
Equipment and vehicle use155
Debris and open burning38
Arson/incendiarism26
Misuse of fire by a minor17
Recreation and ceremony13
Natural9
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Smoking4
Other causes1
Fireworks1

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 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionBROADWAY
9 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSan Diego UnitROCK
9 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Diego UnitCIRCLE
8 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Diego UnitGOPHER
6 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
6 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Diego UnitCENTER 2
6 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSan Diego UnitVISTA.
6 September 1996Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Diego UnitTWIN OAKS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Diego County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 24 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 24 workings within 5 miles of Lawrence Welk Resort Village: 12 past producers, 7 producers, 3 occurrences, 2 prospects. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gemstone. 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
Hogerman PropertyBerylliumProspect
White Oak MineGoldProspect
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Freeman MineGemstoneOccurrence
Mountain Belle ClaimGemstoneOccurrence
Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Vista ChiefGemstoneOccurrence
Bryant, D. G., San MarcosStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Fellows and Clutter QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working 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
Hidden Meadows1.5 miles42
Twin Oaks3.3 miles40
Jesmond Dene3.9 miles42
Lilac4.9 miles32
Richland5.3 miles40
Buena5.4 miles40
Valley Center5.7 miles42
Vista5.9 miles40

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122546423The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1868590. 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.