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Pedley, California

43 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Jurupa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92509. The Survey maps it on the Riverside West quadrangle. 12,672 people lived here at the 2010 count. It stands 722 feet above sea level.

Pedley 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 Pedley, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Pedley, 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

1,944 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,944 fires within 5 miles of Pedley between 1992 and 2020, burning about 13,024 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 202 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/undetermined975
Equipment and vehicle use359
Arson/incendiarism202
Smoking171
Misuse of fire by a minor132
Debris and open burning58
Recreation and ceremony23
Power generation/transmission/distribution15
Railroad operations and maintenance8
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 2020Arson/incendiarism7.0 acresRiverside UnitWOODWARD AV NORC
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
9 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRiverside UnitCLUBHOUSE DR NORC
8 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRiverside UnitEL PALOMINO DR JRPV
8 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresRiverside UnitLIMONITE
8 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresRiverside UnitTYROLITE ST / MISSION BL
8 September 2002Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreRiverside UnitLOCAL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Riverside County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 31 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 31 workings within 5 miles of Pedley: 26 past producers, 3 producers, 2 occurrences. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Silica, Marble, Dimension, Stone, Dimension. 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
Fletcher ProspectMolybdenum, CopperOccurrenceMolybdenite
Magstone ProductsLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Molybdenite OccurrenceMolybdenumOccurrence
Ormand QuarryGraniteProducerSurface
Mobile Sand CompanySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Mt. Hole QuarriesStone, DimensionPast Producer
Santa Ana River PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Stone & Alexander QuarryFeldspar, SilicaPast Producer
Unnamed QuarryStone, DimensionPast Producer
Unnamed Stone DepositFeldspar, SilicaPast Producer

Every working recorded in Riverside County

Storms near this place

3 since 2014

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pedley in 3 storm reports between 2014 and 2024: 2 flash flood, 1 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
February 2024FloodPedley-Six people were rescued from the Santa Ana River bottom in Jurupa Valley at Van Buren Blvd and Clay St.
January 2017Flash FloodPedley-Cal Fire reported of a swift water rescue along the Pyrite Channel near Van Buren Blvd.
August 2014Flash FloodPedley-USGS gage in the Perris Valley storm drain at Nuevo Road showed a spike from 8.68 ft to 14.94 ft. by 2100 PST. The initial rise of 3 ft. occurred in less than 30 minutes. Flash flood duration was 2 hours 15 minutes. Another USGS gage on the Santa Ana River at Arlington jumped from 5.66 ft to 10.31 ft over 2 hours.

Every storm 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
De Anza Village1.5 miles43
Bly1.6 miles43
Henshaw2.0 miles39
La Sierra Heights2.2 miles43
Arlanza2.3 miles43
Mira Loma2.5 miles38
Glen Avon2.6 miles39
Magnolia Avenue3.3 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.

Wikipedia article on PedleyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1672897The 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 1661208. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.