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.
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:
Population over time
2 figuresPine 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,510 | |
| 2020 | 1,645 | +135 (+9%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 34 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 Descanso quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1979 USGS El Cajon quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1997 USGS Descanso quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
269 since 1992Regional 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 use | 92 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 62 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 47 |
| Natural | 28 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 9 |
| Smoking | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 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 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Cleveland National Forest | GUATAY |
| 8 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 75 acres | San Diego Unit | OAKZANITA |
| 7 September 2000 | Natural | under an acre | San Diego Unit | AIRPLANE |
| 6 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Cleveland National Forest | RAIL |
| 5 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Cleveland National Forest | BUCKMAN |
| 5 September 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Cleveland National Forest | SUNRISE |
| 5 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Cleveland National Forest | JOY |
| 5 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Cleveland National Forest | LABOR |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 40 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cassiterite Placer Claim | Tin | Past Producer | ||
| Gold Standard Group | Gold, Tungsten | Past Producer | ||
| Laguna Junction Deposits | Feldspar, Silica | Prospect | ||
| Sheephead Truck Trail Deposit | Stone | Prospect | ||
| Vault of Ages Prospect | Gold, Silver, Tungsten | Prospect | ||
| Eagle Nest Mine | Gold, Silver | Producer | ||
| Eagle Nest Mine | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Rose Quartz Mine | Gold, Silver | Producer | ||
| Rose Quartz Mine | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed - 1 | Silica | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guatay | 2.4 miles | 34 | |
| Descanso Junction | 4.6 miles | 34 | |
| Los Terrenitos | 5.0 miles | 34 | |
| Descanso | 5.1 miles | 34 | |
| Hulburd Grove | 5.7 miles | 34 | |
| Boulder Oaks | 6.6 miles | 22 | |
| Stallion Oaks | 6.7 miles | 33 | |
| Mount Laguna | 6.8 miles | 21 |
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 Valley | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1844155 | 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 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.












