Robles Del Rio, California
30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Carmel Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93924. It lies near Hitchcock Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Carmel Valley quadrangle. It stands 597 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1920 to 1995The same ground, surveyed 75 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1920 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 30 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1920 USGS Jamesburg quadrangle1:48000
- 1921 USGS Jamesburg quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1939 USGS Jamesburg quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1940 USGS Jamesburg quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1947 USGS Jamesburg quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS Santa Cruz quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Santa Cruz quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Carmel Valley quadrangle1:24000, 7 printings
- 1957 USGS Santa Cruz quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Santa Cruz quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Santa Cruz quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Monterey quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Point Sur quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1995 USGS Carmel Valley quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
115 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 115 fires within 5 miles of Robles Del Rio between 1992 and 2020, burning about 7,282 acres in total. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 54 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 35 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2015 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | San Benito-Monterey Unit | CARMEL |
| 9 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 68 acres | San Benito-Monterey Unit | INDIAN |
| 9 September 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Central California District | SAN CLEMENTE RDG |
| 6 September 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | San Benito-Monterey Unit | RANCHO SAN CARLOS |
| 30 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | San Benito-Monterey Unit | SALINAS PUMP CO. |
| 30 September 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | San Benito-Monterey Unit | GARLAND PARK |
| 3 September 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | San Benito-Monterey Unit | PUNTA DEL MONTE |
| 28 September 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 16 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Robles Del Rio: 6 past producers, 5 producers, 3 prospects, 2 occurrences. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Mercury. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carmel Valley Area | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Occurrence | ||
| Rancho Del Monte | Clay | Prospect | Sedimentary | |
| Rancho Del Monte | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed | Mercury | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Mercury | Prospect | ||
| Del Fino | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Fleming | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Haldorn | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| California Water & Telephone Co. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| De Ameral | Stone | Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carmel Valley | 0.7 miles | 30 | |
| Carmel Valley Village | 1.2 miles | 30 | |
| Rancho Tierra Grande | 5.5 miles | 30 | |
| Carmel Valley Manor | 6.5 miles | 30 | |
| Baronet Estates | 6.5 miles | 30 | |
| Corral de Tierra | 6.9 miles | 28 | |
| Ambler Park | 7.4 miles | 28 | |
| Quail Meadows | 8.4 miles | 30 |
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 Robles Del Rio | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7353202 | The 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 1661318. 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.













