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Rincon, California

35 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Pauma Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92061. It stands on Yuima Creek. The Survey maps it on the Boucher Hill quadrangle. It stands 1,030 feet above sea level.

Rincon within San Diego County

Then and now

1903 to 1997

The same ground, surveyed 94 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Rincon, surveyed 1997
Topographic sheet of Rincon, surveyed 1903

Compare 1903 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 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

508 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 508 fires within 5 miles of Rincon between 1992 and 2020, burning about 62,336 acres in total. 27 started naturally. 68 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/undetermined147
Equipment and vehicle use135
Debris and open burning81
Arson/incendiarism68
Natural27
Misuse of fire by a minor17
Recreation and ceremony14
Power generation/transmission/distribution10
Smoking5
Other causes2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Fireworks1

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 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSan Diego UnitRANCHO CORRIDO PAUMA_VA 7
9 September 2012Naturalunder an acreSan Diego UnitVALLEY 4
8 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Diego UnitRHONDA #2
7 September 2000Naturalunder an acreSan Diego UnitASSIST # 28
7 September 2000Naturalunder an acreCleveland National ForestPLAISTED
7 September 1993Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresSan Diego UnitCOLE
6 September 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreCleveland National ForestPILE
6 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSan Diego UnitHARRISON

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Diego County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 17 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Rincon: 7 past producers, 5 occurrences, 4 producers, 1 prospect. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Gemstone, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Quartz, Gemstone, Quartz. 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
Clark Extension ProspectSemiprecious GemstonePast Producer
Clark MineQuartz, GemstoneProducer
Clark MineGemstone, QuartzPast Producer
Rincon Pegmatite DistrictGemstone, Niobium (Columbium), Beryllium, TantalumProducerPEGMATITE
Pala Sand PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Pauma Valley PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Calac ProspectGemstonePast Producer
Mack MineGemstoneProducer
Mack MineGemstonePast Producer
ProspectGemstoneOccurrence

Every working recorded in San Diego County

Storms near this place

9 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rincon in 9 storm reports between 1999 and 2010: 5 flash flood, 3 wildfire, 1 hail. The reports record 1 death and 10 injuries. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
October 1999WildfireRincon1 killed, 10 hurt, $250,000This fire began on September 30 and wasn't fully contained until October 8. A total of 7,691 acres, one house, two trailers, and an out building were burned or destroyed. Campers and counselors at Camp Denver C. Fox and residents in Will Valley were evacuated. Ten fire fighters sustained minor injuries, and another died when a boulder dislodged by the fire struck him. The cost of fighting the fire was near $3 million.
January 2008Flash FloodRincon$150,000A debris flow was triggered by a burst of heavy rain over the Poomacha Burn Area just north of Adams Drive on the Pauma Indian Reservation. The debris flow rushed down an unnamed creek and towards Adams Drive. Once at the bottom of the hill, the debris flow crossed Adams Drive and continued down Pauma Reservation Road all the way to Highway 76. The portion of Adams Drive from the creeks intersection to Pauma Reservation Road was completely impassible due to very deep mud deposits. This area experienced a smaller flow on November 30, 2007.||Two smaller watersheds adjacent to and directly west of this watershed also released debris flows that impacted Adams Drive. Although these flows were not as large, up to one foot of mud was deposited on the roadway.
January 2010Flash FloodRincon$75,000The California Highway Patrol reported flooding and mud across Highway 76 near Rincon Ranch Road in Pauma Valley. The flooding occurred after a narrow band of heavy rain moved over the area, which included the Poomacha Fire burn area. One vehicle became trapped in the mud.
January 2010Flash FloodRincon$30,000San Diego County Flood Control relayed a report from the public of numerous locations of flooded roadways with mud, rocks, and debris along Highway 76 through the La Jolla Reservation. A newspaper reported two feet of mud in the garage of a home in Rincon. This occurred after heavy rain moved over the 2007 Poomacha Fire burn area.
June 2000Flash FloodRincon$6,000no account filed
May 2008Flash FloodRincon-Heavy rain from a thunderstorm over the Poomacha Burn Area caused flash flooding in the Pauma Valley. Highway 76 was temporarily closed due to the flash flooding. No reports of serious damage were received.
September 1999WildfireRincon-A wild fire had burnt 650 acres on the La Jolla Indian Reservation as September ended. No property damaged had occurred, but 115 campers and counselors were evacuated from the Denver Fox campground.
June 2000HailRincon-no account filed
December 2000WildfireRincon-no account filed

Every storm 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
Pauma Valley1.6 miles35
Palomar Mountain4.9 miles35
La Jolla Amago5.0 miles33
Valley Center6.3 miles42
Lilac6.7 miles32
Pala8.2 miles32
Hidden Meadows9.2 miles42
Lawrence Welk Resort Village10.4 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.

Wikipedia article on RinconAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7334605The 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 273283. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.