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Pepper Corner, California

39 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Corona census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92881. It stands on Main Street Wash. The Survey maps it on the Corona South quadrangle.

Pepper Corner within Riverside County

Then and now

1901 to 1997

The same ground, surveyed 96 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Pepper Corner, surveyed 1997
Topographic sheet of Pepper Corner, surveyed 1901

Compare 1901 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

481 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 481 fires within 5 miles of Pepper Corner between 1992 and 2020, burning about 40,555 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 44 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/undetermined238
Equipment and vehicle use92
Arson/incendiarism44
Misuse of fire by a minor36
Recreation and ceremony27
Debris and open burning19
Smoking13
Natural5
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Fireworks2
Other causes1

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
8 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionANDOVER ST HOMG
8 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRiverside UnitSTATE#1413
6 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreRiverside Unitnot named
30 September 2010Debris and open burning100 acresRiverside UnitGROVEWOOD DR ELCE
3 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
3 September 2002Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreRiverside UnitSTATE FIRE
29 September 2004Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCleveland National ForestCOLT
29 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRiverside UnitLOCAL VEG

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Riverside County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 121 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 121 workings within 5 miles of Pepper Corner: 83 past producers, 15 producers, 13 prospects, 8 occurrences. 15 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
Big Basin Copper ProspectCopper, Gold, SilverProspect
Middlesworth Clay DepositClay, AluminumPast ProducerSedimentary
Temescal Canyon Scheelite Occur.TungstenOccurrence
Collins ProspectCopperPast Producer
Corona Lead-ZincLead, Antimony, Silver, ZincPast ProducerVein
Corona Lead-Zinc MineLead, Antimony, Silver, ZincPast Producer
Mt. Hole QuarriesStone, DimensionPast Producer
Sierra Grande QuarriesStone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Temescal QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast Producer
Thomas Shale QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast 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
El Cerrito1.7 miles39
Porphyry1.8 miles38
Corona1.8 miles38
Home Gardens2.4 miles38
Weisel3.9 miles44
May4.4 miles43
Norco5.5 miles38
La Sierra5.6 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 Q122547508The 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 272923. 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.