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Manzanita, 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. It stands on Walker Creek. The Survey maps it on the Live Oak Springs quadrangle.

Manzanita 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 Manzanita, surveyed 1997
Topographic sheet of Manzanita, 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

334 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 334 fires within 5 miles of Manzanita between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,486 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 24 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/undetermined121
Equipment and vehicle use74
Recreation and ceremony48
Debris and open burning34
Arson/incendiarism24
Misuse of fire by a minor12
Natural10
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Smoking3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Firearms and explosives use1
Fireworks1
Other causes1

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 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
6 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Diego UnitHI PASS RD TIERRA_DEL_SO
30 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined22 acresSouthern California AgencyBORDER FIRE # 22
29 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresSouthern California AgencyMESA FIRE
25 September 2000Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresCalifornia Desert DistrictJACUMBA 2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Diego County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 28 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 28 workings within 5 miles of Manzanita: 9 producers, 8 occurrences, 6 past producers, 5 prospects. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Silica, Quartz, Feldspar, Manganese. 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
Grand View No. 1 ClaimGoldOccurrence
Last Canyon MineStrontiumProspect
Packrat MineGemstone, Semiprecious GemstoneProducer
Beebe Hole MineSemiprecious GemstoneProducer
Crystal Gem MineGemstoneProducer
Crystal Gem MineSemiprecious GemstoneProspect
Ruby GroupBerylliumProducer
Ruby GroupBerylliumPast Producer
Tule Mt. DepositManganeseOccurrence
Unnamed DepositTungstenOccurrenceScheelite

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
Calexico Lodge0.5 miles19
Boulevard0.9 miles19
Bankhead Springs2.8 miles20
Live Oak Springs2.8 miles19
Tierra del Sol3.7 miles18
Titus6.3 miles20
Jacumba Hot Springs6.4 miles15
Clover Flat6.6 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.

Wikipedia article on ManzanitaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q65044463The 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 245461. 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.