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Live Oak Springs, California

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1931 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Mountain Empire census division. It lies in ZIP code area 91905. The Survey maps it on the Live Oak Springs quadrangle.

Live Oak Springs within San Diego County

Then and now

1931 to 1997

The same ground, surveyed 66 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Live Oak Springs, surveyed 1997
Topographic sheet of Live Oak Springs, surveyed 1931

Compare 1931 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 19 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

378 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 378 fires within 5 miles of Live Oak Springs between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,399 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 31 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/undetermined143
Equipment and vehicle use66
Recreation and ceremony54
Debris and open burning46
Arson/incendiarism31
Natural15
Misuse of fire by a minor12
Smoking3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Other causes2
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
8 September 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Diego UnitRIBBONWOOD 4
8 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouthern California AgencyKITCHEN
8 September 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreSouthern California AgencyCAMPO #1
8 September 1993Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSan Diego UnitRUDE
7 September 1997Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouthern California AgencyCHURCH RD
7 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSan Diego UnitPOND
6 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Diego UnitHI PASS RD TIERRA_DEL_SO
6 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresCleveland National ForestCREEK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Diego County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Live Oak Springs: 3 past producers, 2 producers, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Silica, Quartz, Feldspar, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Clover Flat PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Last Canyon MineStrontiumProspect
Walker DepositQuartzProducer
Walker DepositQuartz, SilicaPast Producer
Ward and Williams DepositFeldsparProducer
Ward and Williams DepositFeldspar, SilicaPast Producer
Sweetman DepositSilicaOccurrence

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
Manzanita2.8 miles19
Calexico Lodge3.3 miles19
Boulevard3.7 miles19
Clover Flat4.7 miles22
Tierra del Sol4.8 miles18
Bankhead Springs5.6 miles20
Barrett7.9 miles22
Cameron Corners8.4 miles22

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 Q5977385The 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 1660931. 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.