Moonlight Rim, California
37 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Riverside census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92555. The Survey maps it on the Sunnymead quadrangle.
Then and now
1901 to 1983The 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.


Compare 1901 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 37 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.
- 1901 USGS Elsinore quadrangle1:125000, 8 printings
- 1901 USGS Southern California Sheet No. 1 quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1904 USGS Southern California Sheet No. 1 quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1942 USGS Perris quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Perris quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Sunnymead quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Sunnymead quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1983 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
1,025 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,025 fires within 5 miles of Moonlight Rim between 1992 and 2020, burning about 19,349 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 115 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 | 489 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 196 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 115 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 100 |
| Smoking | 50 |
| Debris and open burning | 24 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 17 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 12 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 9 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Riverside Unit | MCABEE AV MOVA |
| 9 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Riverside Unit | EUCALYPTUS AV MOVA |
| 9 September 1996 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 293 acres | San Bernardino Unit | CANYON |
| 8 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Riverside Unit | HAZELCREST CT MOVA |
| 8 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Riverside Unit | WINDEMERE |
| 6 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | IRONWOOD AV MOVA |
| 6 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Riverside Unit | LASSELLE |
| 6 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Riverside Unit | LOCAL FALSE ALARM |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Moonlight Rim: 4 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Granite, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nason Street Pit | Granite | Producer | ||
| Nason Street Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Unnamed Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| El Casco | 2.5 miles | 38 | |
| Serrano Heights | 2.6 miles | 37 | |
| Ordway | 2.9 miles | 39 | |
| Moreno | 3.1 miles | 37 | |
| Moreno Knolls | 3.6 miles | 38 | |
| Moreno Valley | 4.2 miles | 37 | |
| Sunnymead | 4.8 miles | 37 | |
| Hinda | 5.4 miles | 38 |
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 Q122546568 | 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 1844800. 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.













