Sage, California
40 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Murrieta census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92544. It lies near Willow Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Sage quadrangle. 3,370 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,313 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1901 to 1984The same ground, surveyed 83 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:
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 40 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 San Jacinto quadrangle1:125000, 9 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 Hemet quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Hemet quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Sage quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1956 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Hemet quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Palm Springs quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
196 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 196 fires within 5 miles of Sage between 1992 and 2019, burning about 27,452 acres in total. 20 started naturally. 20 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 | 80 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 44 |
| Natural | 20 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 20 |
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2000 | Natural | 20 acres | San Bernardino National Forest | STANLEY |
| 6 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Riverside Unit | BENTON |
| 6 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Riverside Unit | GREENHOUSE |
| 5 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 198 acres | California Desert District | BELLA |
| 4 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Riverside Unit | BLUFF |
| 4 September 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Riverside Unit | WILSON |
| 3 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Riverside Unit | BUCK RD / SAN IGNACIO RD |
| 3 September 1992 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Riverside Unit | ST 1343 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Sage: 1 prospect, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Feldspar, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anita Louise | Feldspar, Silica | Occurrence | ||
| Rice Claims | Gold | Prospect |
Storms near this place
5 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sage in 5 storm reports between 1998 and 2012: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 wildfire, 1 lightning, 1 flash flood. The reports record 7 injuries. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2003 | Wildfire | Sage | 7 hurt, $6,000,000 | no account filed |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sage | $2,000,000 | Rob Balfour reported strong winds at the Buck Fire base camp at Diamond Lake, with estimated max gusts of 60 mph. The winds destroyed two large tents, several camping tents and some awnings. A few port-a-potties overturned as well. |
| August 2003 | Lightning | Sage | $20,000 | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Flash Flood | Sage | - | A mudslide caused by heavy rain occured near Sage Road and Benton Road. |
| August 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sage | - | An intense thunderstorm moving off of the San Jacinto Mountains produced an apparent microburst at Sage. The winds did not hit any buildings, but numerous large trees were blown down and moved several feet on the ground. Wind instruments in the area clocked the maximum gust at 86 mph. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sycamore Hills | 1.4 miles | 40 | |
| Sycamore Springs | 2.8 miles | 40 | |
| Oakridge Ranches | 2.8 miles | 40 | |
| Glenoak Hills | 4.0 miles | 40 | |
| Indian Oaks | 5.0 miles | 36 | |
| South Park | 5.0 miles | 36 | |
| High Acres Haciendas | 5.2 miles | 36 | |
| Glenoaks Country | 5.3 miles | 36 |
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 Sage | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7399111 | 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 1661354. 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.













