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Riverview Farms, California

42 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the San Diego census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92040. It stands on Los Coches Creek. The Survey maps it on the El Cajon quadrangle.

Riverview Farms within San Diego County

Then and now

1893 to 1996

The same ground, surveyed 103 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Riverview Farms, surveyed 1996
Topographic sheet of Riverview Farms, surveyed 1893

Compare 1893 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

18 surveys from 42 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

541 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 541 fires within 5 miles of Riverview Farms between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,702 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 30 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/undetermined300
Equipment and vehicle use135
Misuse of fire by a minor34
Arson/incendiarism30
Smoking16
Debris and open burning13
Recreation and ceremony8
Natural2
Other causes1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
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
8 September 2008Smokingunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
8 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Diego UnitBLOSSOM
8 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Diego UnitJENNINGS
5 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Diego UnitWILDCAT CANYON RD / MUT 4
5 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
5 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreSan Diego UnitCREEK
4 September 2019Naturalunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictVICENTE
4 September 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Diego National Wildlife RefugeASSIST 99

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Diego County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 79 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 79 workings within 5 miles of Riverview Farms: 51 past producers, 20 producers, 5 occurrences, 2 prospects. 20 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Molybdenum. 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
Coyote Mountains Nickel ProspectNickelOccurrenceGarnierite
Coyote Mtn Gypsum & SSulfur, Gypsum-AnhydriteProducerGypsum
El Granito Mineral SpringsGeothermalProducer
Iron MasterIronOccurrenceVein
Lakeside Lime and Marl DepositLimestone, General, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Red Rose QuarryQuartzProducer
Red Rose QuarryStone, DimensionPast Producer
Fletcher DepositUranium, ThoriumProspect
Olswick ProspectThorium, UraniumProspect
Phillips MineGoldPast Producer

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
Riverview0.7 miles42
Winter Gardens1.0 miles42
Lakeside1.0 miles42
Lakeview1.5 miles42
Lakeside Farms1.6 miles42
Glenview1.6 miles42
Johnstown1.9 miles42
Moreno2.0 miles42

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 Q122593355The 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 1656609. 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.