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Nestor, California

32 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the San Diego census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92154. It lies near Otay Valley. The Survey maps it on the Imperial Beach quadrangle.

Nestor within San Diego County

Then and now

1904 to 1996

The same ground, surveyed 92 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Nestor, surveyed 1996
Topographic sheet of Nestor, surveyed 1904

Compare 1904 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 32 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

265 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 265 fires within 5 miles of Nestor between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,857 acres in total. None started naturally. 36 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/undetermined149
Recreation and ceremony36
Arson/incendiarism36
Misuse of fire by a minor13
Debris and open burning11
Smoking11
Equipment and vehicle use8
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
9 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
7 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
7 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Diego National Wildlife RefugeSEACOAST 2
6 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
4 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Diego Unitnot named
25 September 2007Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
23 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
23 September 2008Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresCalifornia 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 21 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Nestor: 20 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Bentonite, Salt, Gemstone. 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
Chula Vista EvaporatorsSaltPast Producer
Imperial BeachGemstoneOccurrence
Mosto Ranch DepositClayPast Producer
Otay Bentonite DepositBentonitePast ProducerBentonite
Standard Oil MineBentonitePast Producer
Beyer PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Beyer PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Border Highlands PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Border Highlands PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Border PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in San Diego County

Storms near this place

2 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Nestor in 2 storm reports between 2007 and 2023: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
December 2007Thunderstorm WindNestor$15,000no account filed
January 2023FloodNestor-CalTrans report of flooding on the Palm Ave off-ramp lanes on I-5 in Imperial Beach.

Every storm 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
Palm City0.5 miles32
South San Diego0.9 miles32
Otay Mesa1.6 miles32
Imperial Beach1.6 miles32
Otay1.7 miles32
Fruitdale1.8 miles32
Harbor Side2.4 miles32
Castle Park2.5 miles32

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1661096. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.