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.
Then and now
1901 to 1997The 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.


Compare 1901 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 33 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.
- 1901 USGS San Luis Rey quadrangle1:125000, 8 printings
- 1904 USGS Southern California Sheet No. 2 quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1942 USGS Temecula quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Pechanga quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1950 USGS Pechanga quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Pechanga quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1982 USGS Oceanside quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1997 USGS Pechanga quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
712 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 345 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 137 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 69 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 67 |
| Smoking | 39 |
| Debris and open burning | 36 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Natural | 5 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Riverside Unit | MORENO RD / OLD TOWN FRON |
| 9 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | VIA NORTE TEM |
| 9 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Riverside Unit | MISSIONS |
| 8 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Riverside Unit | BLUE WATER WY TEM |
| 8 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Riverside Unit | 6TH ST / OLD TOWN FRONT S |
| 8 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Riverside Unit | BUNKER DR TEM |
| 8 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Riverside Unit | LOCAL FIRE |
| 6 September 2020 | Smoking | under an acre | Riverside Unit | JEFFERSON AV / RANCHO CAL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parkwest Industrial Center Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Temecula Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Temecula Quarry | Granite | Past Producer | ||
| Clark Prospect | Manganese | Prospect | 1918 | |
| Clark Prospect | Manganese | Occurrence | ||
| Machado Prospect | Manganese | Occurrence | ||
| Machado Prospect | Manganese | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Colina Vista | 0.4 miles | 33 | |
| Oak Haven Estates | 1.6 miles | 33 | |
| Country Manor Estates | 1.7 miles | 33 | |
| Temecula Ranchos | 1.8 miles | 33 | |
| Los Ranchitos | 2.1 miles | 30 | |
| Windsor Crest | 2.7 miles | 30 | |
| Temecula | 3.1 miles | 30 | |
| Lake Village | 3.1 miles | 30 |
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 Q122549706 | 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 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.













