BlockPine Cove, California
40 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Idyllwild census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92549. It lies near Dutch Flat. The Survey maps it on the San Jacinto Peak quadrangle.
Then and now
1901 to 1996The same ground, surveyed 95 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:
On record in Pine Cove
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- Donaldson Futurolisted 2021 · 0.4 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
16 surveys from 40 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 San Jacinto quadrangle1:125000, 9 printings
- 1901 USGS Southern California Sheet No. 1 quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1904 USGS Southern California Sheet No. 1 quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1940 USGS Palm Springs quadrangle1:62500
- 1944 USGS Palm Springs quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Palm Springs quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Palm Springs SW quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS San Jacinto Peak quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Palm Springs quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1996 USGS San Jacinto Peak quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
387 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 387 fires within 5 miles of Pine Cove between 1992 and 2020, burning about 44,058 acres in total. 79 started naturally. 30 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 |
|---|---|
| Recreation and ceremony | 91 |
| Natural | 79 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 77 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 38 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 30 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 17 |
| Other causes | 16 |
| Debris and open burning | 15 |
| Smoking | 12 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Fireworks | 4 |
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 2000 | Natural | under an acre | San Bernardino National Forest | MARRION#2 |
| 7 September 2014 | Natural | under an acre | San Bernardino National Forest | BASIN |
| 6 September 2006 | Natural | under an acre | San Bernardino National Forest | FOSTER |
| 6 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Riverside Unit | STATE 1451 |
| 6 September 1994 | Natural | under an acre | San Bernardino National Forest | not named |
| 5 September 2008 | Smoking | under an acre | San Bernardino National Forest | FULMER |
| 5 September 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | San Bernardino National Forest | BALD |
| 4 September 2019 | Smoking | under an acre | Riverside Unit | RIVERSIDE COUNTY PLAYGROU |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Pine Cove: 3 occurrences, 2 past producers, 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Asbestos, Feldspar, Silica, Gold. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 L's Prospect | Molybdenum | Prospect | ||
| Alert Ranch | Feldspar, Silica | Occurrence | ||
| Catherine C. Mine | Asbestos | Past Producer | ||
| Dorthy Ann | Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Gilbert A. Morris | Quartz | Prospect | ||
| Riverside Co. Gravel Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Andalusite Occurrence | Kyanite | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
8 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pine Cove in 8 storm reports between 1994 and 2022: 3 hail, 3 heavy rain, 2 flash 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2019 | Flash Flood | Pine Cove | $15,000,000 | Heavy Rainfall of 5 to 9 inches in 24 hours caused devastating flash floods on Highway 243 north of Idyllwild. The state highway remains closed as of late April 2019. This was north of the Cranston Burn Scar. |
| September 2013 | Hail | Pine Cove | $1,000 | The spotter was in Idyllwild traveling on Highway 243 to Pine Cove. There was 2 deep of 0.5 hail and 1-3 of water flowing across Highway243. Broken tree branches were all over the roadway from hail damage. A nearby COOP observer reported that the roads turned white, all covered with accumulating hail. |
| August 2022 | Heavy Rain | Pine Cove | - | Mesonet station ALNC1 near Idyllwild-Pine Cove measured 0.87 inch of rain. |
| July 2022 | Heavy Rain | Pine Cove | - | Rainfall of 0.54 inch. Mesonet station FW6884 Pine Cove water office. |
| September 2004 | Hail | Pine Cove | - | Hail 3/4 inch in diameter fell on Pine Cove during a heavy monsoon thunderstorm. |
| July 1999 | Flash Flood | Pine Cove | - | Thunderstorms dropped over an inch of rain in 45 minutes. Flooding was reported by a spotter. |
| October 1994 | Hail | Pine Cove | - | A severe thunderstorm dropped dime- and quarter-size hail on the small town of Pine Cove. |
| November 2002 | Heavy Rain | Pine Cove | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Idyllwild | 1.7 miles | 37 | |
| Fern Valley | 2.1 miles | 40 | |
| Saddle Junction | 3.5 miles | 40 | |
| Pine Wood | 3.7 miles | 40 | |
| Mountain Center | 3.9 miles | 37 | |
| Valle Vista | 8.3 miles | 42 | |
| Snow Creek | 9.4 miles | 40 | |
| Lake Crest Estates | 9.9 miles | 42 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 247495. 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.