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Rubidoux, California

43 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Jurupa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92509. It lies near Mount Rubidoux. The Survey maps it on the Riverside West quadrangle. 34,280 people lived here at the 2010 count. It stands 774 feet above sea level.

Rubidoux within Riverside County

Then and now

1901 to 1983

The same ground, surveyed 82 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Rubidoux, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Rubidoux, surveyed 1901

Compare 1901 against another survey:

On record in Rubidoux

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

16 surveys from 43 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

1,709 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,709 fires within 5 miles of Rubidoux between 1992 and 2020, burning about 11,593 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 196 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/undetermined893
Equipment and vehicle use282
Arson/incendiarism196
Misuse of fire by a minor137
Smoking125
Debris and open burning41
Recreation and ceremony20
Power generation/transmission/distribution11
Railroad operations and maintenance3
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
9 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionCLAY
9 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
9 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionSKYLOFT DR JRPV
8 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRiverside UnitEL PALOMINO DR JRPV
8 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresRiverside UnitTYROLITE ST / MISSION BL
8 September 2002Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreRiverside UnitLOCAL
8 September 2000Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreRiverside UnitLOCAL FIRE
8 September 1995Smokingunder an acreRiverside UnitSTATE 1497

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Riverside County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 39 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 39 workings within 5 miles of Rubidoux: 31 past producers, 6 producers, 1 prospect, 1 occurrence. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General, Silica. 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
Crestmore QuarryCement Rock, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
New City QuarryLimestone, General, DolomitePast Producer
Ormand QuarryGraniteProducerSurface
Rubidoux Hill QuarryStone, DimensionPast Producer
Hancock's Brick YardClayPast Producer
Riverside Cement CompanyLimestone, General, ClayPast Producer
Spicer Silica PropertyFeldspar, SilicaProspect
Stone & Alexander QuarryFeldspar, SilicaPast Producer
Glen Avon Limestone DepositMarble, DimensionPast Producer
Glen Avon QuarryMarble, DimensionProducerMetamorphic

Every working recorded in Riverside County

Storms near this place

1 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rubidoux in 1 storm report in 1996: 1 wildfire. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. 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
April 1996WildfireRubidoux-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Riverside 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
Ormand1.2 miles39
Ennis1.6 miles39
Belltown1.6 miles39
Sunnyslope1.8 miles39
Crestmore2.1 miles39
Riverside Junction2.5 miles45
De Anza Village2.6 miles43
Magnolia Avenue2.8 miles43

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 RubidouxAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2104941The 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 1661345. 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.