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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.

Rancho las Perris 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 Rancho las Perris, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Rancho las Perris, surveyed 1901

Compare 1901 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 35 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

1,957 since 1992

Regional 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/undetermined1001
Equipment and vehicle use418
Arson/incendiarism170
Misuse of fire by a minor155
Debris and open burning97
Smoking75
Recreation and ceremony25
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Natural6
Fireworks1
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
9 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresRiverside UnitE MARKHAM ST /N PERRIS BL
9 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresRiverside UnitELLIS AV GOOD
9 September 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresRiverside UnitGARZA RD / WITHERS RD
9 September 2008Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresRiverside UnitCARROLL
9 September 2004Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreRiverside UnitLOCAL FIRE
9 September 2001Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresRiverside UnitSTATE FIRE
9 September 1996Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreRiverside UnitLOCAL
9 September 1993Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresRiverside UnitSTATE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Riverside County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 19 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Morris Washington DepositGoldProspect
Patterson ClaimFeldspar, SilicaOccurrence
Middlesworth Clay DepositClayPast Producer
Silt DepositClayOccurrence
Smith Sand PitSilicaPast Producer
Perris Asbestos DepositAsbestosPast Producer
Perris Asbestos DepositAsbestosProducer
Perris Asbestos DepositAsbestosPast Producer
Blue Gray Granite QuarryGraniteProducer

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
Perris2.0 miles35
Ellis2.6 miles35
Val Verde3.4 miles40
Nuevo3.7 miles35
Lakeview Hot Springs4.2 miles35
Good Hope4.2 miles40
Mead Valley4.6 miles40
Good Meadow4.8 miles40

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 Q122560792The 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.