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Rainbow Canyon Village, California

33 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Murrieta census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92592. It lies near Wolf Valley. The Survey maps it on the Pechanga quadrangle.

Rainbow Canyon Village within Riverside County

Then and now

1901 to 1997

The same ground, surveyed 96 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Rainbow Canyon Village, surveyed 1997
Topographic sheet of Rainbow Canyon Village, surveyed 1901

Compare 1901 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 33 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

712 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 712 fires within 5 miles of Rainbow Canyon Village between 1992 and 2020, burning about 24,802 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 69 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/undetermined345
Equipment and vehicle use137
Arson/incendiarism69
Misuse of fire by a minor67
Smoking39
Debris and open burning36
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Recreation and ceremony6
Natural5

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 2019Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresRiverside UnitMORENO RD / OLD TOWN FRON
9 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionVIA NORTE TEM
9 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRiverside UnitMISSIONS
8 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRiverside UnitBLUE WATER WY TEM
8 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresRiverside Unit6TH ST / OLD TOWN FRONT S
8 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRiverside UnitBUNKER DR TEM
8 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreRiverside UnitLOCAL FIRE
6 September 2020Smokingunder an acreRiverside UnitJEFFERSON AV / RANCHO CAL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Riverside County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Rainbow Canyon Village: 3 occurrences, 3 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Manganese, Stone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Granite. 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
Parkwest Industrial Center PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Temecula QuarryStone, DimensionPast Producer
Temecula QuarryGranitePast Producer
Clark ProspectManganeseProspect1918
Clark ProspectManganeseOccurrence
Machado ProspectManganeseOccurrence
Machado ProspectManganeseOccurrence

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
Colina Vista0.4 miles33
Oak Haven Estates1.6 miles33
Country Manor Estates1.7 miles33
Temecula Ranchos1.8 miles33
Los Ranchitos2.1 miles30
Windsor Crest2.7 miles30
Temecula3.1 miles30
Lake Village3.1 miles30

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 Q122549706The 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 1849552. 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.