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.
Then and now
1901 to 1983The 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.


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
Cornelius Jensen Ranchlisted 1979
Topographic sheets covering this place
16 surveys from 43 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.
- 1901 USGS Elsinore quadrangle1:125000, 8 printings
- 1901 USGS Riverside quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1901 USGS Southern California Sheet No. 1 quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1904 USGS Southern California Sheet No. 1 quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1942 USGS Riverside quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1942 USGS Riverside and Vicinity quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Riverside quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Riverside West quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Riverside West quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1983 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
1,709 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 893 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 282 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 196 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 137 |
| Smoking | 125 |
| Debris and open burning | 41 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 20 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 11 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Natural | 1 |
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 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | CLAY |
| 9 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 9 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | SKYLOFT DR JRPV |
| 8 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Riverside Unit | EL PALOMINO DR JRPV |
| 8 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Riverside Unit | TYROLITE ST / MISSION BL |
| 8 September 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Riverside Unit | LOCAL |
| 8 September 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Riverside Unit | LOCAL FIRE |
| 8 September 1995 | Smoking | under an acre | Riverside Unit | STATE 1497 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 39 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crestmore Quarry | Cement Rock, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| New City Quarry | Limestone, General, Dolomite | Past Producer | ||
| Ormand Quarry | Granite | Producer | Surface | |
| Rubidoux Hill Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Hancock's Brick Yard | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Riverside Cement Company | Limestone, General, Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Spicer Silica Property | Feldspar, Silica | Prospect | ||
| Stone & Alexander Quarry | Feldspar, Silica | Past Producer | ||
| Glen Avon Limestone Deposit | Marble, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Glen Avon Quarry | Marble, Dimension | Producer | Metamorphic |
Storms near this place
1 since 1996Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 1996 | Wildfire | Rubidoux | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ormand | 1.2 miles | 39 | |
| Ennis | 1.6 miles | 39 | |
| Belltown | 1.6 miles | 39 | |
| Sunnyslope | 1.8 miles | 39 | |
| Crestmore | 2.1 miles | 39 | |
| Riverside Junction | 2.5 miles | 45 | |
| De Anza Village | 2.6 miles | 43 | |
| Magnolia Avenue | 2.8 miles | 43 |
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 Rubidoux | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2104941 | 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 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.















