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Rock Haven, California

37 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Ramona census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92064. It lies near Woodson Mountain. The Survey maps it on the San Vicente Reservoir quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Rock Haven 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 Rock Haven (historical), surveyed 1996
Topographic sheet of Rock Haven (historical), surveyed 1893

Compare 1893 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

17 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

257 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 257 fires within 5 miles of Rock Haven (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,547 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 18 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/undetermined114
Equipment and vehicle use83
Debris and open burning19
Arson/incendiarism18
Misuse of fire by a minor10
Recreation and ceremony4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Smoking3
Other causes2
Natural1

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 1994Misuse of fire by a minor1.5 acresSan Diego UnitLA BREA
4 September 1997Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Diego UnitPATCO
30 September 1993Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Diego UnitVIGIALANTE
28 September 1993Arson/incendiarism705 acresCalifornia Desert DistrictCOACH
27 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Diego UnitSCRIPPS
26 September 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreSan Diego UnitMUSSEY GRADE RD / THOMAS
24 September 1996Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Diego UnitRIVER
23 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Diego UnitHWY 67 / MUSSEY GRADE 11

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Diego County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Rock Haven (historical): 2 prospects, 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: 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
BourMolybdenumOccurrenceFerrimolybdite, Molybdenite
Bour DepositMolybdenumProspect
Bour MineMolybdenumProducerFerrimolybdite, Molybdenite
Fernbrook DepositMolybdenumProspect

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
Rosemont2.3 miles31
Shady Dell3.2 miles37
Irvings Crest3.2 miles37
Fernbrook3.6 miles37
Green Valley4.0 miles43
Poway4.3 miles37
Rancho Bernardo5.1 miles43
Mussey Grove (historical)5.8 miles37

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1702019. 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.