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Miller Farms, California

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

Miller Farms 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 Miller Farms, surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Miller Farms, surveyed 1942

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 21 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

177 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 177 fires within 5 miles of Miller Farms between 1992 and 2020, burning about 288 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 15 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/undetermined69
Debris and open burning36
Equipment and vehicle use26
Arson/incendiarism15
Smoking14
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Natural5
Recreation and ceremony2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
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 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreRiverside UnitLOCAL
8 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRiverside UnitLOCAL 14854
30 September 1995Smokingunder an acreRiverside UnitLOCAL
27 September 1995Arson/incendiarismunder an acreRiverside UnitLOCAL FIRE
26 September 2010Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresRiverside UnitPETER D MCINTYRE AV / LOV
25 September 1992Debris and open burningunder an acreRiverside UnitLOCAL FIRE
23 September 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protection20TH AV / NEIGHBOURS BL
2 September 2002Naturalunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictLOCAL FIRE MACDONAL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Riverside County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Miller Farms: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone. 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
Figueroa Brothers PitStonePast 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
Blythe2.8 miles21
East Blythe3.5 miles21
Ripley3.9 miles17
Mesa Verde6.3 miles17
Rannells (historical)7.5 miles24
Tosco (historical)8.2 miles18
Mesaville8.4 miles20
Inca17.5 miles20

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 Q122560698The 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 1702064. 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.