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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.

San Felipe within San Diego County

Then and now

1903 to 1982

The 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.

Topographic sheet of San Felipe, surveyed 1982
Topographic sheet of San Felipe, surveyed 1903

Compare 1903 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 31 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

126 since 1992

Regional 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 burning42
Missing data/not specified/undetermined32
Natural23
Equipment and vehicle use16
Arson/incendiarism7
Recreation and ceremony2
Smoking2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Fireworks1

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
8 September 1996Naturalunder an acreSan Diego UnitFELIPE # 4
6 September 2013Natural13 acresCalifornia Desert DistrictRED
6 September 2005Equipment and vehicle use685 acresSan Diego UnitVOLCAN
25 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSan Diego UnitMONTEZUMA VALLEY RD MP- 5
24 September 1994Debris and open burning6.0 acresSouthern California AgencyVOLCAN #5
22 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreSouthern California AgencyDUMP
20 September 2001Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouthern California AgencySCHOOLH 10
2 September 2003Natural1.1 acresSan Diego UnitTREE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Diego County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 24 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
UnnamedStone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectPhosphorus-PhosphatesOccurrence
Verruga DepositStone, Marble, DimensionProducerMetamorphic
Verruga DepositStone, Marble, DimensionPast Producer
Sentenac DepositStone, GoldOccurrence
Desert Star Mining CoTungstenPast Producer
Desert Star Mining Co.TungstenOccurrence
Long DepositTungstenOccurrenceScheelite
Long DepositTungstenProspect
San Jose Del Valle MineTungstenUnknown

Every working recorded in San Diego County

Storms near this place

2 since 2012

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 2015Flash FloodSan Felipe-CHP reported a rock/mudslide blocking the roadway at Highway S-22 near San Felipe Road.
August 2012Flash FloodSan Felipe-CHP closed San Felipe Road (S2) between mile markers 2 and 3 due to mud and water that is 3 feet deep.

Every storm recorded in San Diego 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
San Ysidro4.2 miles35
Ranchita4.4 miles31
Los Tules5.9 miles35
Morettis Junction6.0 miles33
Warner Springs6.0 miles34
Eagles Nest6.1 miles35
Santa Ysabel7.4 miles34
Wynola7.4 miles34

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.