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Ormand, California

39 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Jurupa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92509. The Survey maps it on the Fontana quadrangle.

Ormand within Riverside County

Then and now

1896 to 1982

The same ground, surveyed 86 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Ormand, surveyed 1982
Topographic sheet of Ormand, surveyed 1896

Compare 1896 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

17 surveys from 39 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

1,824 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,824 fires within 5 miles of Ormand between 1992 and 2020, burning about 8,547 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 205 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/undetermined940
Equipment and vehicle use312
Arson/incendiarism205
Smoking144
Misuse of fire by a minor140
Debris and open burning44
Recreation and ceremony23
Power generation/transmission/distribution12
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Natural1

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 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionCLAY
9 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionSKYLOFT DR JRPV
8 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRiverside UnitEL PALOMINO DR JRPV
8 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresRiverside UnitTYROLITE ST / MISSION BL
8 September 2002Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreRiverside UnitLOCAL
8 September 2000Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreRiverside UnitLOCAL FIRE
8 September 1995Smokingunder an acreRiverside UnitSTATE 1497
8 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRiverside UnitLOCAL 15020

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Riverside County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 39 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 39 workings within 5 miles of Ormand: 32 past producers, 6 producers, 1 occurrence. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General, Silica. 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
Crestmore QuarryCement Rock, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Ormand QuarryGraniteProducerSurface
Rubidoux Hill QuarryStone, DimensionPast Producer
Hancock's Brick YardClayPast Producer
Riverside Cement CompanyLimestone, General, ClayPast Producer
Stone & Alexander QuarryFeldspar, SilicaPast Producer
Unnamed Stone DepositFeldspar, SilicaPast Producer
Glen Avon Limestone DepositMarble, DimensionPast Producer
Glen Avon QuarryMarble, DimensionProducerMetamorphic
Jensen's QuarryMarble, DimensionPast 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
Ennis0.6 miles39
Sunnyslope0.8 miles39
Rubidoux1.2 miles43
Crestmore1.8 miles39
Belltown1.9 miles39
De Anza Village2.4 miles43
Henshaw2.5 miles39
Riverside Junction3.5 miles45

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 Q122551948The 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 1656592. 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.