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Riviera Villas, California

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the San Diego census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92107. It sits by Sunset Cliffs. The Survey maps it on the Point Loma OE W quadrangle.

Riviera Villas within San Diego County

Then and now

1904 to 1996

The same ground, surveyed 92 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Riviera Villas, surveyed 1996
Topographic sheet of Riviera Villas, surveyed 1904

Compare 1904 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 24 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

83 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 83 fires within 5 miles of Riviera Villas between 2003 and 2020, burning about 18 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 11 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/undetermined50
Arson/incendiarism11
Debris and open burning8
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Equipment and vehicle use3
Smoking3
Natural2
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
5 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
25 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.4 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
25 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
20 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
20 September 2005Naturalunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
20 September 2005Naturalunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
18 September 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
16 September 2018Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreCalifornia 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

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Riviera Villas: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Salt, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Portuguese FlatSaltPast Producer
San Diego Molding Sand Co.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast 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
Fleetridge0.2 miles34
Sunset Cliffs0.2 miles24
Azure Vista0.8 miles15
Roseville1.0 miles34
La Playa1.1 miles34
Ocean Beach1.2 miles24
Loma Portal2.1 miles34
Fort Rosecrans3.0 miles34

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 Q122560705The 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 1666565. 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.