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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.

Pauma Valley within San Diego County

Then and now

1903 to 1997

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Pauma Valley, surveyed 1997
Topographic sheet of Pauma Valley, surveyed 1903

Compare 1903 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 35 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

467 since 1992

Regional 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/undetermined138
Equipment and vehicle use125
Debris and open burning70
Arson/incendiarism65
Natural23
Recreation and ceremony13
Misuse of fire by a minor13
Power generation/transmission/distribution11
Smoking5
Other causes2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Fireworks1

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 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSan Diego UnitRANCHO CORRIDO PAUMA_VA 7
8 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Diego UnitRHONDA #2
7 September 2000Naturalunder an acreSan Diego UnitASSIST # 28
7 September 1993Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresSan Diego UnitCOLE
6 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSan Diego UnitHARRISON
6 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCleveland National ForestHARRISON II
5 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Diego UnitRINCON
5 September 1997Equipment and vehicle use12 acresSan Diego UnitCARRIDO

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Diego County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 18 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Clark Extension ProspectSemiprecious GemstonePast Producer
Clark MineQuartz, GemstoneProducer
Clark MineGemstone, QuartzPast Producer
Rincon Pegmatite DistrictGemstone, Niobium (Columbium), Beryllium, TantalumProducerPEGMATITE
Pala PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Pala Sand PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Pauma Valley PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Calac ProspectGemstonePast Producer
Mack MineGemstoneProducer
Mack MineGemstonePast Producer

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
Rincon1.6 miles35
Lilac5.5 miles32
Palomar Mountain5.6 miles35
La Jolla Amago6.4 miles33
Valley Center6.5 miles42
Pala6.6 miles32
Hidden Meadows8.8 miles42
Lawrence Welk Resort Village9.7 miles40

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 ValleyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7155428The 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.