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Rancho Del Campo, California

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1931 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Mountain Empire census division. It lies in ZIP code area 91906. It lies near Campo Valley. The Survey maps it on the Campo quadrangle.

Rancho Del Campo within San Diego County

Then and now

1931 to 1996

The same ground, surveyed 65 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Rancho Del Campo, surveyed 1996
Topographic sheet of Rancho Del Campo, surveyed 1931

Compare 1931 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 19 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

186 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 186 fires within 5 miles of Rancho Del Campo between 1992 and 2020, burning about 11,892 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 11 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/undetermined84
Equipment and vehicle use23
Recreation and ceremony20
Debris and open burning18
Arson/incendiarism11
Natural9
Smoking6
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Other causes2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Firearms and explosives use1

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
8 September 2009Debris and open burning1.0 acresSan Diego UnitB5 2
7 September 1997Railroad operations and maintenance40 acresCalifornia Desert DistrictSPENCER
4 September 1992Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Diego UnitFAR FIRE
29 September 1993Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Diego UnitMILL
26 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresCalifornia Desert DistrictBORDER 11
26 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresSan Diego Unitnot named
20 September 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreSouthern California AgencySMKCHK7273
2 September 2010Arson/incendiarism827 acresCalifornia Desert DistrictCOWBOY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Diego County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Rancho Del Campo: 6 occurrences, 4 prospects, 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Molybdenum, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron. 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
Andes MineTinOccurrence
Bullard ProspectGraphiteOccurrence
CampoIronOccurrenceVein
Campo Milling Corp.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Quality DepositFeldspar, SilicaProspect
Cameron Corners PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Campo Milling Corp.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Andes ProspectGoldProspect
Bill Hills ProspectGoldProspect
CampoMolybdenumOccurrenceMolybdenite

Every working recorded in San Diego 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
Campo0.3 miles19
Cameron Corners1.9 miles22
Barrett2.0 miles22
Hacienda del Florasol2.0 miles30
Canyon City3.1 miles30
Clover Flat5.1 miles22
Morena Village5.7 miles31
Potrero7.6 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 Q122594908The 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 1661279. 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.