Rancho las Perris, California
35 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Perris Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92571. The Survey maps it on the Perris quadrangle.
Then and now
1901 to 1983The 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.


Compare 1901 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 35 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 Elsinore quadrangle1:125000, 8 printings
- 1901 USGS Southern California Sheet No. 1 quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1904 USGS Southern California Sheet No. 1 quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1942 USGS Perris quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Perris quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Perris 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
- 1967 USGS Perris quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1983 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
1,957 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,957 fires within 5 miles of Rancho las Perris between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,599 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 170 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 | 1001 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 418 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 170 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 155 |
| Debris and open burning | 97 |
| Smoking | 75 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 25 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 8 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 1 |
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 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Riverside Unit | E MARKHAM ST /N PERRIS BL |
| 9 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Riverside Unit | ELLIS AV GOOD |
| 9 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Riverside Unit | GARZA RD / WITHERS RD |
| 9 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Riverside Unit | CARROLL |
| 9 September 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Riverside Unit | LOCAL FIRE |
| 9 September 2001 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Riverside Unit | STATE FIRE |
| 9 September 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Riverside Unit | LOCAL |
| 9 September 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Riverside Unit | STATE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 19 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Rancho las Perris: 12 past producers, 4 producers, 2 occurrences, 1 prospect. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Granite, Asbestos, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Morris Washington Deposit | Gold | Prospect | ||
| Patterson Claim | Feldspar, Silica | Occurrence | ||
| Middlesworth Clay Deposit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Silt Deposit | Clay | Occurrence | ||
| Smith Sand Pit | Silica | Past Producer | ||
| Perris Asbestos Deposit | Asbestos | Past Producer | ||
| Perris Asbestos Deposit | Asbestos | Producer | ||
| Perris Asbestos Deposit | Asbestos | Past Producer | ||
| Blue Gray Granite Quarry | Granite | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Perris | 2.0 miles | 35 | |
| Ellis | 2.6 miles | 35 | |
| Val Verde | 3.4 miles | 40 | |
| Nuevo | 3.7 miles | 35 | |
| Lakeview Hot Springs | 4.2 miles | 35 | |
| Good Hope | 4.2 miles | 40 | |
| Mead Valley | 4.6 miles | 40 | |
| Good Meadow | 4.8 miles | 40 |
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 Q122560792 | 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 1849155. 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.













