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Porphyry, California

38 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Corona census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92879. It stands on Main Street Wash. The Survey maps it on the Corona North quadrangle.

Porphyry within Riverside County

Then and now

1901 to 1983

The same ground, surveyed 82 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Porphyry, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Porphyry, surveyed 1901

Topographic sheets covering this place

16 surveys from 38 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

558 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 558 fires within 5 miles of Porphyry between 1992 and 2020, burning about 35,347 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 51 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined281
Equipment and vehicle use105
Arson/incendiarism51
Misuse of fire by a minor39
Debris and open burning27
Recreation and ceremony23
Smoking22
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Natural3
Fireworks2

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 2020Arson/incendiarism7.0 acresRiverside UnitWOODWARD AV NORC
9 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRiverside UnitCLUBHOUSE DR NORC
9 September 2004Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreRiverside UnitRIVER
8 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionANDOVER ST HOMG
8 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRiverside UnitSTATE#1413
6 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreRiverside Unitnot named
30 September 2010Debris and open burning100 acresRiverside UnitGROVEWOOD DR ELCE
3 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Riverside County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 106 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 106 workings within 5 miles of Porphyry: 74 past producers, 11 producers, 10 prospects, 9 occurrences. 11 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gypsum-Anhydrite. 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
Big Basin Copper ProspectCopper, Gold, SilverProspect
Fletcher ProspectMolybdenum, CopperOccurrenceMolybdenite
Middlesworth Clay DepositClay, AluminumPast ProducerSedimentary
Molybdenite OccurrenceMolybdenumOccurrence
Temescal Canyon Scheelite Occur.TungstenOccurrence
Temescal QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast Producer
Collins ProspectCopperPast Producer
Corona Lead-ZincLead, Antimony, Silver, ZincPast ProducerVein
Corona Lead-Zinc MineLead, Antimony, Silver, ZincPast Producer
Lane BrothersGranitePast Producer

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
Home Gardens1.0 miles38
Corona1.4 miles38
Pepper Corner1.8 miles39
El Cerrito2.6 miles39
May2.9 miles43
Norco3.8 miles38
La Sierra3.9 miles43
Weisel5.0 miles44

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.

Wikidata item Q122544863The 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 1656600. 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.