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Oakridge Ranches, California

40 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Murrieta census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92592. The Survey maps it on the Sage quadrangle.

Oakridge Ranches within Riverside County

Then and now

1901 to 1984

The same ground, surveyed 83 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Oakridge Ranches, surveyed 1984
Topographic sheet of Oakridge Ranches, surveyed 1901

Compare 1901 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 40 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

224 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 224 fires within 5 miles of Oakridge Ranches between 1992 and 2019, burning about 26,941 acres in total. 17 started naturally. 26 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/undetermined92
Equipment and vehicle use46
Arson/incendiarism26
Natural17
Misuse of fire by a minor14
Debris and open burning11
Recreation and ceremony8
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Smoking3
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
6 September 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreRiverside UnitBENTON
5 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined198 acresCalifornia Desert DistrictBELLA
4 September 2011Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresRiverside UnitBLUFF
30 September 1995Misuse of fire by a minor8.0 acresRiverside UnitSTATE
3 September 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreRiverside UnitBUCK RD / SAN IGNACIO RD
3 September 1992Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresRiverside UnitST 1343
28 September 1994Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreRiverside UnitSTATE
27 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRiverside UnitCACTUS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire 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
Sycamore Springs1.3 miles40
Sycamore Hills1.4 miles40
Indian Oaks2.4 miles36
Sage2.8 miles40
South Park3.6 miles36
High Acres Haciendas4.0 miles36
Glenoak Hills4.7 miles40
Auld (historical)4.8 miles36

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 Q122540845The 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 1868101. 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.