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Pine Valley, California

34 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 91962. It lies near Scove Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Descanso quadrangle. 1,645 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 3,737 feet above sea level.

Pine Valley within San Diego County

Then and now

1903 to 1997

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Pine Valley, surveyed 1997
Topographic sheet of Pine Valley, surveyed 1903

Compare 1903 against another survey:

Population over time

2 figures

Pine Valley grew from 1,510 to 1,645 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
20101,510
20201,645+135 (+9%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 34 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

269 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 269 fires within 5 miles of Pine Valley between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,986 acres in total. 28 started naturally. 9 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
Equipment and vehicle use92
Recreation and ceremony62
Missing data/not specified/undetermined47
Natural28
Arson/incendiarism9
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Smoking8
Debris and open burning5
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Other causes3
Firearms and explosives use1

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 2015Naturalunder an acreCleveland National ForestGUATAY
8 September 2005Equipment and vehicle use75 acresSan Diego UnitOAKZANITA
7 September 2000Naturalunder an acreSan Diego UnitAIRPLANE
6 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCleveland National ForestRAIL
5 September 2020Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresCleveland National ForestBUCKMAN
5 September 2019Naturalunder an acreCleveland National ForestSUNRISE
5 September 2013Naturalunder an acreCleveland National ForestJOY
5 September 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCleveland National ForestLABOR

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Diego County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 40 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 40 workings within 5 miles of Pine Valley: 13 occurrences, 9 past producers, 9 prospects, 8 producers. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Gold, Silver, Silver, Silica. 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
Cassiterite Placer ClaimTinPast Producer
Gold Standard GroupGold, TungstenPast Producer
Laguna Junction DepositsFeldspar, SilicaProspect
Sheephead Truck Trail DepositStoneProspect
Vault of Ages ProspectGold, Silver, TungstenProspect
Eagle Nest MineGold, SilverProducer
Eagle Nest MineGold, SilverPast Producer
Rose Quartz MineGold, SilverProducer
Rose Quartz MineGold, SilverPast Producer
Unnamed - 1SilicaOccurrence

Every working recorded in San Diego 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
Guatay2.4 miles34
Descanso Junction4.6 miles34
Los Terrenitos5.0 miles34
Descanso5.1 miles34
Hulburd Grove5.7 miles34
Boulder Oaks6.6 miles22
Stallion Oaks6.7 miles33
Mount Laguna6.8 miles21

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 Pine ValleyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1844155The 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 1652774. 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.