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Pine Wood, 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 Metate Flat. The Survey maps it on the San Jacinto Peak quadrangle.

Pine Wood within Riverside County

Then and now

1901 to 1996

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Pine Wood, surveyed 1996
Topographic sheet of Pine Wood, surveyed 1901

Compare 1901 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

16 surveys from 40 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

259 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 259 fires within 5 miles of Pine Wood between 1992 and 2020, burning about 7,142 acres in total. 71 started naturally. 15 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 ceremony80
Natural71
Missing data/not specified/undetermined41
Arson/incendiarism15
Equipment and vehicle use15
Debris and open burning10
Other causes7
Smoking6
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Fireworks3

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
9 September 2000Naturalunder an acreSan Bernardino National ForestRIDGE
8 September 2005Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresRiverside UnitSTATE
8 September 2000Naturalunder an acreSan Bernardino National ForestMARRION#2
7 September 2014Naturalunder an acreSan Bernardino National ForestBASIN
7 September 2008Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCleveland National ForestCINCOTTA
6 September 2006Naturalunder an acreSan Bernardino National ForestFOSTER
6 September 1994Naturalunder an acreSan Bernardino National Forestnot named
5 September 2008Smokingunder an acreSan Bernardino National ForestFULMER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Riverside County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Pine Wood: 3 occurrences, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Feldspar, Silica, Gold, Kyanite. 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
4 L's ProspectMolybdenumProspect
Alert RanchFeldspar, SilicaOccurrence
Dorthy AnnGoldOccurrence
Unnamed Andalusite OccurrenceKyaniteOccurrence

Every working recorded in Riverside 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
Pine Cove3.7 miles40
Saddle Junction4.4 miles40
Fern Valley4.4 miles40
Idyllwild5.2 miles37
Snow Creek5.9 miles40
Mons7.4 miles40
Cabazon7.6 miles40
Mountain Center7.6 miles37

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1661226. 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.