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Murrieta Hot Springs, California

35 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Murrieta census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92563. It stands on Tucalota Creek. The Survey maps it on the Murrieta quadrangle. 2,948 people lived here at the 2000 count. It stands 1,194 feet above sea level.

Murrieta Hot Springs within Riverside County

Then and now

1901 to 1983

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Murrieta Hot Springs, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Murrieta Hot Springs, surveyed 1901

Compare 1901 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 35 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

646 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 646 fires within 5 miles of Murrieta Hot Springs between 1992 and 2020, burning about 17,402 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 59 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/undetermined324
Equipment and vehicle use112
Misuse of fire by a minor79
Arson/incendiarism59
Smoking40
Debris and open burning18
Recreation and ceremony7
Natural4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3

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
9 September 2019Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresRiverside UnitMORENO RD / OLD TOWN FRON
9 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionVIA NORTE TEM
8 September 2020Arson/incendiarismunder an acreRiverside UnitSCENIC VIEW DR / KELLER R
8 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresRiverside Unit6TH ST / OLD TOWN FRONT S
8 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRiverside UnitBUNKER DR TEM
8 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionDE LUZ RD / CALLE CAPISTR
8 September 1994Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreRiverside UnitLOCAL
8 September 1992Recreation and ceremony1.5 acresRiverside UnitSTATE FIRE 1386

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Riverside County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Murrieta Hot Springs: 3 producers, 3 past producers, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Feldspar, Silica, Feldspar. 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
American Encaustic Tiling Co.Feldspar, SilicaPast Producer
Encaustic Tiling CoFeldspar, SilicaProducer
Murrieta Hot SpringsGeothermalProducer
Wildomar Kaolin DepositClayOccurrence
Alice MineGoldPast Producer
Murrieta PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Temecula Sand Company PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Thurman ClaimsGoldProspect

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
Linda Rose2.4 miles35
Murrieta3.0 miles35
Antelope Hills3.1 miles35
Dutch Village3.6 miles36
Lake Village4.4 miles30
Country Road Estates4.6 miles36
Temecula4.6 miles30
Windsor Crest4.8 miles30

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.

Wikipedia article on Murrieta Hot SpringsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2129663The 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 1661080. 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.