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.
Then and now
1901 to 1997The 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.


Compare 1901 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
17 surveys from 39 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.
- 1901 USGS Southern California Sheet No. 1 quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1902 USGS Corona quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1904 USGS Southern California Sheet No. 1 quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1942 USGS Corona quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1942 USGS Corona and Vicinity quadrangle1:31680
- 1943 USGS Corona quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Corona South 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
- 1967 USGS Corona South quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1974 USGS Corona South quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:100000
- 1997 USGS Corona South quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
481 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 238 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 92 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 44 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 36 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 27 |
| Debris and open burning | 19 |
| Smoking | 13 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | ANDOVER ST HOMG |
| 8 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Riverside Unit | STATE#1413 |
| 6 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Riverside Unit | not named |
| 30 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 100 acres | Riverside Unit | GROVEWOOD DR ELCE |
| 3 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 3 September 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Riverside Unit | STATE FIRE |
| 29 September 2004 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Cleveland National Forest | COLT |
| 29 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Riverside Unit | LOCAL VEG |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 121 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big Basin Copper Prospect | Copper, Gold, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Middlesworth Clay Deposit | Clay, Aluminum | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Temescal Canyon Scheelite Occur. | Tungsten | Occurrence | ||
| Collins Prospect | Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Corona Lead-Zinc | Lead, Antimony, Silver, Zinc | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Corona Lead-Zinc Mine | Lead, Antimony, Silver, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Mt. Hole Quarries | Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Sierra Grande Quarries | Stone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Temescal Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer | ||
| Thomas Shale Quarry | Limestone, General | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| El Cerrito | 1.7 miles | 39 | |
| Porphyry | 1.8 miles | 38 | |
| Corona | 1.8 miles | 38 | |
| Home Gardens | 2.4 miles | 38 | |
| Weisel | 3.9 miles | 44 | |
| May | 4.4 miles | 43 | |
| Norco | 5.5 miles | 38 | |
| La Sierra | 5.6 miles | 43 |
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 Q122547508 | 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 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.
















