Mesaville, California

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Chuckwalla Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92225. The Survey maps it on the McCoy Wash quadrangle.

Mesaville within Riverside County

Then and now

1942 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 44 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Mesaville, surveyed 1986

Topographic sheet of Mesaville, surveyed 1942

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 20 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.

1942 USGS Blythe quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1951 USGS Mc Coy Wash quadrangle1:24000
1951 USGS McCoy Wash quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
1954 USGS Salton Sea quadrangle1:250000
1955 USGS Salton Sea quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1959 USGS Salton Sea quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1963 USGS Salton Sea quadrangle1:250000
1965 USGS Salton Sea quadrangle1:250000
1986 USGS Blythe quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings

Fires near this place

47 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 47 fires within 5 miles of Mesaville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 247 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 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/undetermined	22
Debris and open burning	11
Equipment and vehicle use	7
Recreation and ceremony	3
Arson/incendiarism	2
Misuse of fire by a minor	1
Natural	1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
5 September 1992	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Riverside Unit	LOCAL
23 September 2012	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Riverside Unit	8TH AV BLYT
19 September 1993	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Riverside Unit	LOCAL
11 September 2006	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	California Desert District	LOCAL
5 August 2013	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Riverside Unit	MIDLAND RD BLYT
17 August 2018	Debris and open burning	under an acre	California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection	6TH AV / C AND D BL
15 August 1992	Equipment and vehicle use	5.0 acres	Riverside Unit	LOCAL
14 August 2013	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Riverside Unit	HY 95 / 2ND AV

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Riverside County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Mesaville: 10 past producers, 3 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Dimension, Iron, 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.

Site	Commodity	Status
Levy Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Lindy Loop No. 1	Iron	Occurrence
Maria Mountains Marl	Limestone, General	Past Producer
Royal	Silver	Occurrence
Silver Shilist	Copper, Gold, Silver	Occurrence
Grand Canyon Quarries	Stone, Dimension	Past Producer
Navarro Quarry	Stone, Dimension	Past Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Riverside County

Storms near this place

4 since 2016

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mesaville in 4 storm reports between 2016 and 2023: 2 flash flood, 1 flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
September 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Mesaville	$10,000	Monsoon thunderstorms developed across portions of far eastern Riverside County along the lower Colorado River Valley during the evening hours on September 1st. One of the stronger storms generated very gusty and damaging outflow winds estimated to be as high as 60 mph. According to Caltrans, or the Department of Highways, gusty winds downed power lines across Riverfront Road about 14 miles northeast of Blythe and near Highway 95. No injuries were reported as a result of the downed lines.
September 2019	Flash Flood	Mesaville	$2,000	Scattered thunderstorms developed along the lower Colorado River Valley during the afternoon hours on September 26th. Some of the stronger storms produced very heavy rain with peak rain rates over one inch per hour. The heavy rain led to an episode of flash flooding along Highway 95 between the towns of Blythe and Parker. According to a trained weather spotter, at 1444PST flash flooding was occurring in multiple spots about 14 miles north-northeast of Blythe. Water was seen running over Highway 95 near Mile Marker 16 making the road impassable. Fortunately there were no reports of any accidents due to the flash flooding and hazardous driving conditions. A Flash Flood Warning was in effect at the time of the flooding.
September 2023	Flash Flood	Mesaville	-	An incident report from California Highway Patrol said there was flooding along Hwy-95, prompting a call for a potential closure of the highway. No injuries or damages were reported.
August 2016	Flood	Mesaville	-	Thunderstorms with locally heavy rain affected portions of far eastern Riverside county during the overnight hours starting August 20th and continuing into the morning hours on August 21st. Some of the heavier rains occurred along the lower Colorado River valley and resulted in areas of flooding along Highway 95. At 0745PST local law enforcement reported that Highway 95 was closed due to flooding from milepost markers 5 to 35 in far eastern Riverside county. The flooding was also located about 15 miles to the east of the town of Midland. The flooding was a result of rains that occurred earlier during the overnight and morning hours. A Flood Advisory was issued during the morning hours on August 21st due to the flooding.

Every storm 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Tosco (historical)	2.5 miles	18
Blythe	6.4 miles	21
East Blythe	7.0 miles	21
Mesa Verde	7.5 miles	17
Miller Farms	8.4 miles	21
Inca	9.6 miles	20
Ripley	11.7 miles	17
Cox	11.9 miles	20

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 Q122553494

The 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 1661013. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.