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Mission Hills, California

34 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the San Diego census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92103. It stands on San Diego River. The Survey maps it on the La Jolla quadrangle.

Mission Hills within San Diego County

Then and now

1903 to 1996

The same ground, surveyed 93 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Mission Hills, surveyed 1996
Topographic sheet of Mission Hills, surveyed 1903

Compare 1903 against another survey:

On record in Mission Hills

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 5 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 34 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

271 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 271 fires within 5 miles of Mission Hills between 1994 and 2020, burning about 104 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 51 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/undetermined145
Arson/incendiarism51
Smoking25
Debris and open burning23
Misuse of fire by a minor14
Equipment and vehicle use8
Natural3
Recreation and ceremony1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
6 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSan Diego UnitASSIST 53
5 September 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
5 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
30 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
29 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
25 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.4 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
25 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
21 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Diego County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Mission Hills: 12 past producers, 2 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Salt, Granite. 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
Dave Martin Pro. GravelGraniteUnknown
Portuguese FlatSaltPast Producer
Twin Oaks PitStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Union Brick Co. Mine, East PitClayPast Producer
Union Brick Company Mine, West PitClayPast Producer
Fenton Material DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Friars Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Mission Sand Co.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Mission Valley OperationSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Mission Valley OperationSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

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
Old Town San Diego0.5 miles34
Five Points0.7 miles34
Overlook1.4 miles34
Hillcrest1.6 miles34
Loma Portal1.8 miles34
Bayside Village2.2 miles34
Morena2.2 miles34
Bay Park2.2 miles34

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1661042. 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.