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Ocean Hills, California

48 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Oceanside-Escondido census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92056. It lies near Coxey Hill. The Survey maps it on the San Luis Rey quadrangle.

Ocean Hills within San Diego County

Then and now

1893 to 1997

The same ground, surveyed 104 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Ocean Hills, surveyed 1997
Topographic sheet of Ocean Hills, surveyed 1893

Compare 1893 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

17 surveys from 48 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

297 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 297 fires within 5 miles of Ocean Hills between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,114 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 50 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/undetermined152
Equipment and vehicle use52
Arson/incendiarism50
Misuse of fire by a minor17
Smoking12
Recreation and ceremony6
Debris and open burning4
Natural3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSan Diego UnitELISO
8 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Diego Unitnot named
8 September 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSan Diego UnitWINTERHAVEN
7 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
6 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
4 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
3 September 2011Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSan Diego Unitnot named
3 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Diego UnitMEADOWLARK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Diego County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 27 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 27 workings within 5 miles of Ocean Hills: 20 past producers, 7 producers. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Granite, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone. 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
California Salt Co.SaltPast Producer
Kelly Ranch MineClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Kelly Ranch MineStone, DimensionPast Producer
Evans Point DepositStonePast Producer
Marrow QuarryStoneProducer
Carlsbad PitStone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
South Coast PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
U. S. Silica PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Wyroc PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
E.E.Cowdrey PitGraniteProducer

Every working 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
Buena2.5 miles40
Vista2.6 miles40
Lake San Marcos3.6 miles40
Talich4.1 miles48
Farr4.6 miles48
San Marcos4.9 miles40
La Costa5.1 miles50
Carlsbad5.1 miles48

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1868489. 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.