Morena Village, California
31 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Mountain Empire census division. It lies in ZIP code area 91906. It stands on Morena Creek. The Survey maps it on the Morena Reservoir quadrangle.
Then and now
1903 to 1997The same ground, surveyed 94 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 31 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.
- 1903 USGS Cuyamaca quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1904 USGS Southern California Sheet No. 2 quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1942 USGS Potrero quadrangle1:48000
- 1944 USGS Potrero quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 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
- 1960 USGS Morena Reservoir quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1960 USGS Potrero quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS El Cajon quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1997 USGS Morena Reservoir quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
316 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 316 fires within 5 miles of Morena Village between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,117 acres in total. 29 started naturally. 8 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 97 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 90 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 54 |
| Natural | 29 |
| Debris and open burning | 17 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Cleveland National Forest | EMPIRE |
| 9 September 1997 | Natural | under an acre | San Diego Unit | LA POSTA |
| 7 September 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Cleveland National Forest | BOULDER |
| 7 September 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Cleveland National Forest | COOGAN |
| 7 September 1997 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 40 acres | California Desert District | SPENCER |
| 6 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Cleveland National Forest | POST |
| 4 September 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Cleveland National Forest | DELTA |
| 4 September 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | San Diego Unit | FAR FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 14 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Morena Village: 4 occurrences, 4 past producers, 3 producers, 2 prospects. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Feldspar, Molybdenum, Silica. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cameron Corners Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Willhite Group | Gold, Arsenic, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Campo Milling Corp. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Kitchen Creek/I8 Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Pacific Mine | Feldspar, Silica | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed - 5 | Silica | Occurrence | ||
| Campo | Molybdenum | Occurrence | Molybdenite | |
| Campo | Molybdenum | Occurrence | Molybdenite | |
| Moly Hogan | Molybdenum | Unknown | ||
| Pacific Mine Campo | Feldspar | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boulder Oaks | 3.8 miles | 22 | |
| Cameron Corners | 3.9 miles | 22 | |
| Barrett | 4.2 miles | 22 | |
| Hacienda del Florasol | 4.3 miles | 30 | |
| Clover Flat | 4.9 miles | 22 | |
| Campo | 5.4 miles | 19 | |
| Rancho Del Campo | 5.7 miles | 19 | |
| Canyon City | 6.0 miles | 30 |
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 Q122593766 | 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 1661059. 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.











