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Lilac, California

32 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Pauma Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92082. It lies near Weaver Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Pala quadrangle.

Lilac within San Diego County

Then and now

1901 to 1997

The same ground, surveyed 96 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Lilac, surveyed 1997
Topographic sheet of Lilac, surveyed 1901

Compare 1901 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 32 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

398 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 398 fires within 5 miles of Lilac between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,471 acres in total. 7 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/undetermined161
Equipment and vehicle use129
Debris and open burning49
Arson/incendiarism26
Misuse of fire by a minor10
Natural7
Smoking6
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Recreation and ceremony3
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 2012Natural1.0 acresSan Diego UnitLILAC RD / COUSER CANYO 3
9 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Diego UnitCIRCLE
8 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Diego UnitGOPHER
7 September 1993Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresSan Diego UnitCOLE
5 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undetermined198 acresSan Diego UnitLILAC FIRE
5 September 1993Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresSan Diego UnitPASQUAL
4 September 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Diego UnitOLD 4
4 September 1997Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Diego UnitCOUSER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Diego County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Lilac: 5 past producers, 1 prospect, 1 producer, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Lead, Silver, Vanadium, Lead, Copper, Zinc. 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
Bradburry ProspectLead, SilverProspect
Pala Chief MineVanadium, Lead, Copper, ZincOccurrence
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Pala PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pankey PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Weir PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast 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 Meadows4.6 miles42
Lawrence Welk Resort Village4.9 miles40
Pala Mesa5.2 miles31
Pala5.4 miles32
Valley Center5.5 miles42
Pauma Valley5.5 miles35
Rincon6.7 miles35
San Luis Rey Heights7.0 miles31

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1660910. 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.