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Rancho Penasquitos, California

37 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the San Diego census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92129. It lies near Cypress Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Poway quadrangle.

Rancho Penasquitos within San Diego County

Then and now

1903 to 1996

The same ground, surveyed 93 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 Penasquitos, surveyed 1996
Topographic sheet of Rancho Penasquitos, surveyed 1903

Compare 1903 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 37 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

146 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 146 fires within 5 miles of Rancho Penasquitos between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,300 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 24 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/undetermined77
Arson/incendiarism24
Equipment and vehicle use19
Smoking11
Debris and open burning7
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Natural1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
6 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
6 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
5 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Diego National Wildlife RefugeASSIST #51
5 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined160 acresSan Diego Fire-Rescue DepartmentSUNDEVIL
30 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
26 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSan Diego Unitnot named
25 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
24 September 2010Smoking1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Diego County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 18 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Rancho Penasquitos: 13 past producers, 2 producers, 2 prospects, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, 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
Black Mountain GroupArsenic, GoldPast Producer
Unnamed ProspectAluminumOccurrence
C.B.Grove Pit #2GraniteProducer
PitGraniteProducer
Able MineGoldProspect
C. B. Grove Pit No. 2Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Clifton MineGoldProspect
Dg PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Poway PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Beeler Canyon Sand and Gravel Co.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

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
Sabre Springs1.2 miles37
Poway Grove Park2.9 miles37
Poway Grove (historical)3.0 miles37
Mira Mesa3.4 miles35
Scripps Ranch4.0 miles37
Poway4.2 miles37
Miramar4.5 miles37
Rancho Bernardo5.0 miles43

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 Q122545598The 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 1869121. 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.