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North Elsinore, California

38 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Elsinore Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92530. It stands on Arroyo Del Toro. The Survey maps it on the Lake Elsinore quadrangle.

North Elsinore within Riverside County

Then and now

1901 to 1997

The same ground, surveyed 96 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of North Elsinore, surveyed 1997
Topographic sheet of North Elsinore, surveyed 1901

Compare 1901 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 38 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

1,524 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,524 fires within 5 miles of North Elsinore between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,990 acres in total. 16 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/undetermined706
Equipment and vehicle use307
Misuse of fire by a minor144
Arson/incendiarism115
Recreation and ceremony77
Smoking74
Debris and open burning44
Power generation/transmission/distribution25
Natural16
Firearms and explosives use10
Fireworks5
Other causes1

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 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRiverside UnitMISSION TRL WILD
9 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCleveland National ForestVILLAGE
9 September 2004Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreRiverside UnitLOCAL
9 September 1998Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreRiverside UnitSTATE-1415
8 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRiverside UnitEUCALYPTUS AV LELS
8 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRiverside UnitE LAKESHORE DR LELS
8 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictSTATE 1832
8 September 1996Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreRiverside UnitSTATE-1745

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Riverside County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 80 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 80 workings within 5 miles of North Elsinore: 31 past producers, 22 prospects, 13 occurrences, 11 producers. 11 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Clay, Tin, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Alberhill Coal & Clay Co.Clay, CoalPast Producer
American Flag and Monarch MinesTin, Cobalt, NickelUnknown
Best Ranch DepositLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Best Ranch DepositLimestone, DimensionPast Producer
Palisades GroupLead, Copper, Silver, GoldOccurrenceVein
Palisades GroupLead, Silver, Copper, GoldOccurrence
Shining Star GroupArsenic, Gold, IronOccurrence
Unnamed Granite QuarryGranitePast Producer
Unnamed Tin ProspectTin, GemstoneProspect
Biddle PitsKaolinPast Producer

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
Lake Elsinore1.6 miles38
Terra Cotta2.1 miles38
Canyon Lake3.5 miles38
Lakeland Village3.6 miles38
Alberhill4.1 miles37
Sedco Hills4.2 miles38
Quail Valley5.1 miles35
Camelot Hills5.4 miles40

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 Q122596112The 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 272669. 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.