Pauma Valley, California
35 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Valley Center census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92061. It lies near Sycamore Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Boucher Hill quadrangle. It stands 807 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1903 to 1997The same ground, surveyed 94 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1903 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 35 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1903 USGS Ramona quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1904 USGS Southern California Sheet No. 2 quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1939 USGS Palomar Mountain quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1947 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Boucher Hill quadrangle1:24000, 7 printings
- 1949 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Boucher Hill quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Borrego Valley quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1997 USGS Boucher Hill quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
467 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 467 fires within 5 miles of Pauma Valley between 1992 and 2020, burning about 62,303 acres in total. 23 started naturally. 65 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/undetermined | 138 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 125 |
| Debris and open burning | 70 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 65 |
| Natural | 23 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 13 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 13 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 11 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | San Diego Unit | RANCHO CORRIDO PAUMA_VA 7 |
| 8 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | San Diego Unit | RHONDA #2 |
| 7 September 2000 | Natural | under an acre | San Diego Unit | ASSIST # 28 |
| 7 September 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | San Diego Unit | COLE |
| 6 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | San Diego Unit | HARRISON |
| 6 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Cleveland National Forest | HARRISON II |
| 5 September 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | San Diego Unit | RINCON |
| 5 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | 12 acres | San Diego Unit | CARRIDO |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 18 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Pauma Valley: 8 past producers, 5 occurrences, 4 producers, 1 prospect. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Gemstone, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Quartz, Gemstone, Quartz. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clark Extension Prospect | Semiprecious Gemstone | Past Producer | ||
| Clark Mine | Quartz, Gemstone | Producer | ||
| Clark Mine | Gemstone, Quartz | Past Producer | ||
| Rincon Pegmatite District | Gemstone, Niobium (Columbium), Beryllium, Tantalum | Producer | PEGMATITE | |
| Pala Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Pala Sand Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Pauma Valley Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Calac Prospect | Gemstone | Past Producer | ||
| Mack Mine | Gemstone | Producer | ||
| Mack Mine | Gemstone | Past Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rincon | 1.6 miles | 35 | |
| Lilac | 5.5 miles | 32 | |
| Palomar Mountain | 5.6 miles | 35 | |
| La Jolla Amago | 6.4 miles | 33 | |
| Valley Center | 6.5 miles | 42 | |
| Pala | 6.6 miles | 32 | |
| Hidden Meadows | 8.8 miles | 42 | |
| Lawrence Welk Resort Village | 9.7 miles | 40 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Pauma Valley | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7155428 | The 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 1661202. 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.












