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Pachappa, California

43 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Riverside census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92506. It stands on Pachappa Hill. The Survey maps it on the Riverside West quadrangle.

Pachappa within Riverside County

Then and now

1901 to 1983

The same ground, surveyed 82 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Pachappa, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Pachappa, surveyed 1901

Compare 1901 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

16 surveys from 43 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

1,179 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,179 fires within 5 miles of Pachappa between 1992 and 2020, burning about 12,047 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 145 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/undetermined650
Equipment and vehicle use163
Arson/incendiarism145
Misuse of fire by a minor91
Smoking63
Debris and open burning41
Power generation/transmission/distribution12
Recreation and ceremony10
Natural3
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 Protectionnot named
9 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionSKYLOFT DR JRPV
9 September 1995Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreRiverside UnitLOCAL 15179
9 September 1995Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreRiverside UnitLOCAL
8 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRiverside UnitEL PALOMINO DR JRPV
8 September 2002Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreRiverside UnitLOCAL
8 September 2000Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreRiverside UnitLOCAL FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Riverside County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 30 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 30 workings within 5 miles of Pachappa: 26 past producers, 3 producers, 1 prospect. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General, Silica, 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
Hancock Clay DepositClayPast Producer
Mountain Group DepositAntimony, ArsenicPast Producer
New City QuarryLimestone, General, DolomitePast Producer
Rubidoux Hill QuarryStone, DimensionPast Producer
PitGraniteProducer
PitGraniteProducer
Spicer Silica PropertyFeldspar, SilicaProspect
Stone & Alexander QuarryFeldspar, SilicaPast Producer
Avalon Street PitSand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Crestmore MineLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary

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
Riverside0.7 miles43
Casa Blanca1.3 miles43
Prenda1.8 miles43
Magnolia Avenue1.9 miles43
Riverside Junction2.9 miles45
Bannockburn Village3.5 miles45
Rubidoux3.6 miles43
Arlington Station3.7 miles43

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 Q122572069The 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 1661166. 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.