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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.

Sage within Riverside County

Then and now

1901 to 1984

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Sage, surveyed 1984
Topographic sheet of Sage, surveyed 1901

Compare 1901 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 40 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

196 since 1992

Regional 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/undetermined80
Equipment and vehicle use44
Natural20
Arson/incendiarism20
Debris and open burning11
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Recreation and ceremony6
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Smoking1
Other causes1

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
7 September 2000Natural20 acresSan Bernardino National ForestSTANLEY
6 September 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreRiverside UnitBENTON
6 September 2008Debris and open burning1.0 acresRiverside UnitGREENHOUSE
5 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined198 acresCalifornia Desert DistrictBELLA
4 September 2011Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresRiverside UnitBLUFF
4 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRiverside UnitWILSON
3 September 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreRiverside UnitBUCK RD / SAN IGNACIO RD
3 September 1992Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresRiverside UnitST 1343

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Riverside County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Anita LouiseFeldspar, SilicaOccurrence
Rice ClaimsGoldProspect

Every working recorded in Riverside County

Storms near this place

5 since 1998

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
October 2003WildfireSage7 hurt, $6,000,000no account filed
August 2012Thunderstorm WindSage$2,000,000Rob 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 2003LightningSage$20,000no account filed
August 2004Flash FloodSage-A mudslide caused by heavy rain occured near Sage Road and Benton Road.
August 1998Thunderstorm WindSage-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.

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
Sycamore Hills1.4 miles40
Sycamore Springs2.8 miles40
Oakridge Ranches2.8 miles40
Glenoak Hills4.0 miles40
Indian Oaks5.0 miles36
South Park5.0 miles36
High Acres Haciendas5.2 miles36
Glenoaks Country5.3 miles36

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 SageAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7399111The 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.