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North Park, California

34 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 92104. It lies near Powerhouse Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Point Loma quadrangle.

North Park 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 North Park, surveyed 1996
Topographic sheet of North Park, surveyed 1904

Compare 1904 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 34 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

508 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 508 fires within 5 miles of North Park between 1994 and 2020, burning about 303 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 102 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/undetermined276
Arson/incendiarism102
Debris and open burning49
Smoking39
Misuse of fire by a minor24
Equipment and vehicle use14
Recreation and ceremony2
Natural2

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 2011Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSan Diego Unitnot named
8 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
7 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
6 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSan Diego UnitASSIST 53
5 September 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
5 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
30 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
30 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia 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 19 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of North Park: 16 past producers, 2 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Salt, Clay, Granite. 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
Dave Martin Pro. GravelGraniteUnknown
National Brick CompanyClayPast Producer
Twin Oaks PitStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Chollas Valley Salt Co.SaltPast Producer
Sweetwater CreekSaltPast Producer
American Sand Co.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
American Sand Co.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Fenton Material DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Friars Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Mission Sand Co.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in San Diego County

Storms near this place

4 since 2020

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names North Park in 4 storm reports between 2020 and 2024: 4 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
March 2024FloodNorth Park-Per CalTrans, Lane 3 on State Route 15 was washed out at northbound State Route 94.
January 2024FloodNorth Park-SR-15 South and Adams Ave had standing water. 1.0-1.5 inches of rain fell in the area in the previous 3 hours.
December 2021FloodNorth Park-Flooding in the slow lane on Route 15 south and Route 94 near downtown San Diego. Area had rain rates of 0.60 inch an hour occurred.
April 2020FloodNorth Park-San Diego Fire and lifeguards rescued 2 people that drove their Jeep into a drainage ditch on Chollas Creek. Both people were rescued. The creek was within its banks.

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
University Heights1.1 miles34
Brooklyn Heights1.1 miles34
East San Diego1.2 miles32
South Park1.4 miles34
Hillcrest1.5 miles34
Normal Heights1.6 miles37
Golden Hill1.7 miles34
Stockton1.9 miles32

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1661118. 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.