San Felipe, California
31 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Palomar-Julian census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92086. It stands on CaƱada Verruga. The Survey maps it on the Ranchita quadrangle.
Then and now
1903 to 1982The same ground, surveyed 79 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1903 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 31 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.
- 1903 USGS Ramona quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1904 USGS Southern California Sheet No. 2 quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1939 USGS Santa Ysabel quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Santa Ysabel quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Ranchita quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Santa Ysabel quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1965 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Borrego Valley quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
126 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 126 fires within 5 miles of San Felipe between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,056 acres in total. 23 started naturally. 7 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 42 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 32 |
| Natural | 23 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 16 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1996 | Natural | under an acre | San Diego Unit | FELIPE # 4 |
| 6 September 2013 | Natural | 13 acres | California Desert District | RED |
| 6 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 685 acres | San Diego Unit | VOLCAN |
| 25 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | San Diego Unit | MONTEZUMA VALLEY RD MP- 5 |
| 24 September 1994 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Southern California Agency | VOLCAN #5 |
| 22 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Southern California Agency | DUMP |
| 20 September 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Southern California Agency | SCHOOLH 10 |
| 2 September 2003 | Natural | 1.1 acres | San Diego Unit | TREE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 24 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 24 workings within 5 miles of San Felipe: 10 occurrences, 5 prospects, 4 producers, 4 past producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Tungsten, Stone, Marble, Dimension. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Occurrence | ||
| Verruga Deposit | Stone, Marble, Dimension | Producer | Metamorphic | |
| Verruga Deposit | Stone, Marble, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Sentenac Deposit | Stone, Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Desert Star Mining Co | Tungsten | Past Producer | ||
| Desert Star Mining Co. | Tungsten | Occurrence | ||
| Long Deposit | Tungsten | Occurrence | Scheelite | |
| Long Deposit | Tungsten | Prospect | ||
| San Jose Del Valle Mine | Tungsten | Unknown |
Storms near this place
2 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names San Felipe in 2 storm reports between 2012 and 2015: 2 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2015 | Flash Flood | San Felipe | - | CHP reported a rock/mudslide blocking the roadway at Highway S-22 near San Felipe Road. |
| August 2012 | Flash Flood | San Felipe | - | CHP closed San Felipe Road (S2) between mile markers 2 and 3 due to mud and water that is 3 feet deep. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Ysidro | 4.2 miles | 35 | |
| Ranchita | 4.4 miles | 31 | |
| Los Tules | 5.9 miles | 35 | |
| Morettis Junction | 6.0 miles | 33 | |
| Warner Springs | 6.0 miles | 34 | |
| Eagles Nest | 6.1 miles | 35 | |
| Santa Ysabel | 7.4 miles | 34 | |
| Wynola | 7.4 miles | 34 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 252976. 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.












