Pine Grove, California
33 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Laguna-Pine Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 91916. The Survey maps it on the Tule Springs quadrangle.
Then and now
1903 to 1997The 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.


Compare 1903 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 33 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.
- 1903 USGS Cuyamaca quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1904 USGS Southern California Sheet No. 2 quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1942 USGS Cuyamaca Peak quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1944 USGS Cuyamaca Peak quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS San Diego quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Cuyamaca Peak quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS San Diego quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS San Diego quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS San Diego quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Cuyamaca Peak quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Tule Springs quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1979 USGS El Cajon quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1997 USGS Tule Springs quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
81 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 81 fires within 5 miles of Pine Grove between 1993 and 2020, burning about 286,096 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 10 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 | 32 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Cleveland National Forest | EL_MONTE |
| 8 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Cleveland National Forest | CAPITAN |
| 7 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | San Diego Unit | not named |
| 5 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Cleveland National Forest | BOULDER_2 |
| 25 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Cleveland National Forest | COTTON |
| 23 September 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Cleveland National Forest | CONEJOS |
| 23 September 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Cleveland National Forest | BOTTOM |
| 2 September 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Cleveland National Forest | SOCK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 22 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Pine Grove: 7 prospects, 6 producers, 6 past producers, 3 occurrences. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Iron, Feldspar, Uranium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allanite Prospect | Uranium, Thorium | Prospect | ||
| Allen Borrow Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Silver King Group | Gold, Lead, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Juch | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Juch | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Spanish Bayonet Deposit | Feldspar | Producer | ||
| Spanish Bayonet Deposit | Feldspar | Past Producer | ||
| Boulder Creek Group | Gold | Producer | ||
| Boulder Creek Group | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Coarse Gold Prospect | Gold | Prospect |
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 Capitan (historical) | 3.3 miles | 40 | |
| Four Corners | 4.1 miles | 40 | |
| San Diego Country Estates | 5.7 miles | 32 | |
| Stallion Oaks | 6.4 miles | 33 | |
| Hulburd Grove | 7.5 miles | 34 | |
| The Willows | 7.6 miles | 33 | |
| Cuyamaca (historical) | 8.0 miles | 34 | |
| Alpine | 8.1 miles | 38 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 252956. 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.












