BlockMesquite Oasis, California
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1931 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Borrego Springs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92036. It stands on Canebrake Wash. The Survey maps it on the Arroyo Tapiado quadrangle.
Then and now
1931 to 1997The 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.
Compare 1931 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 23 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1931 USGS Carrizo quadrangle1:125000
- 1942 USGS Carrizo Mountain quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1942 USGS Carrizo Mtn quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS San Diego quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS San Diego quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS San Diego quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS San Diego quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Arroyo Tapiado quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1959 USGS Carrizo Mountain quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS El Cajon quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1997 USGS Arroyo Tapiado quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
6 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Mesquite Oasis between 1999 and 2016, burning about 121 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | San Diego Unit | CANE |
| 7 August 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Cleveland National Forest | ABSENT |
| 2 May 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | 4.0 acres | San Diego Unit | PALM GROVE |
| 13 February 2016 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | GREAT |
| 12 February 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | San Diego Unit | AQUA CALIENTE |
| 9 November 2001 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 102 acres | California Desert District | PARK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Laguna | 11.1 miles | 21 | |
| Dos Cabezas | 12.7 miles | 20 | |
| Mortero Palms | 14.3 miles | 20 | |
| Ocotillo Wells | 16.1 miles | 22 | |
| Live Oak Springs | 17.0 miles | 19 | |
| Manzanita | 17.7 miles | 19 | |
| Pine Valley | 17.8 miles | 34 | |
| Calexico Lodge | 17.8 miles | 19 |
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 Q122562234 | 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 1661014. 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.