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Menifee Lakes, California

35 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Perris Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92584. It lies near Bell Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Romoland quadrangle.

Menifee Lakes within Riverside County

Then and now

1901 to 1983

The same ground, surveyed 82 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Menifee Lakes, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Menifee Lakes, surveyed 1901

Compare 1901 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 35 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

933 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 933 fires within 5 miles of Menifee Lakes between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,741 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 64 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/undetermined457
Equipment and vehicle use222
Misuse of fire by a minor82
Arson/incendiarism64
Smoking48
Debris and open burning36
Power generation/transmission/distribution12
Recreation and ceremony8
Natural4

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 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionMERRITT RD / AARON RD
9 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionSUN CITY BL MENI
9 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRiverside UnitDESERT TERRACE DR MENI
9 September 2008Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresRiverside UnitLINDENBERGER
9 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresRiverside UnitLOCAL
9 September 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreRiverside UnitLOCAL
9 September 1996Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreRiverside UnitSTATE
8 September 2020Arson/incendiarismunder an acreRiverside UnitSCENIC VIEW DR / KELLER R

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Riverside County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 18 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Menifee Lakes: 10 past producers, 5 prospects, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Feldspar, Silica, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Ensley-SpauldingFeldspar, SilicaProducer
Leon MineGold, SilverPast Producer
Menifee MineGold, SilverPast Producer
Blom MineFeldspar, SilicaPast Producer
Bundy-Murrieta DepositFeldspar, SilicaProspect
Ensley-Spaulding DepositFeldspar, SilicaPast Producer
Riverside Co. Gravel PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Riverside Co. Gravel PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Riverside Co. Gravel PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Alice MineGoldPast Producer

Every working recorded in Riverside 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
Sun City3.0 miles35
Menifee3.4 miles35
Winchester4.2 miles36
Romoland4.7 miles35
Homeland5.0 miles36
Antelope Hills5.1 miles35
Quail Valley5.1 miles35
Green Acres5.8 miles36

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 Q122558417The 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 1849214. 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.