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San Ignacio, California

35 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Palomar-Julian census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92086. The Survey maps it on the Hot Springs Mountain quadrangle.

San Ignacio within San Diego County

Then and now

1903 to 1997

The same ground, surveyed 94 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 Ignacio, surveyed 1997
Topographic sheet of San Ignacio, surveyed 1903

Compare 1903 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

17 surveys from 35 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

32 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 32 fires within 5 miles of San Ignacio between 1992 and 2011, burning about 16,390 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 1 was 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
Natural13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Equipment and vehicle use5
Recreation and ceremony2
Debris and open burning1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
9 September 2006Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresSan Diego UnitYAQUI
30 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresSan Diego UnitHOT SPRINGS COMPLEX
14 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresSan Diego UnitCOYOTE
10 September 1992Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresSan Diego UnitLOST #2
3 August 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Diego UnitHOT SPRINGS 2
19 August 2003Naturalunder an acreSan Diego UnitHOT SPRINGS
16 August 1996Naturalunder an acreSouthern California AgencyHOTSPRINGS
7 July 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.2 acresSan Diego UnitCOUGAR

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Diego County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of San Ignacio: 4 prospects, 3 occurrences, 2 past producers, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Tungsten, Manganese, Gold, Feldspar. 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
Carlsbad DepositFeldsparProspect
Katherine ProspectTinProspect
Lost Valley Tourmaline ProspectsSemiprecious GemstoneOccurrence
Yellow Bar ProspectGoldOccurrence
St. Catherine ClaimManganeseUnknown
St. Catherine ClaimsManganeseOccurrence
Los Coyotes ProspectTungstenProspect
Payoff MineTungstenPast ProducerScheelite
Payoff MineTungstenPast Producer
UndeterminedTungstenProspect

Every working 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
Eagles Nest4.2 miles35
San Ysidro4.3 miles35
Los Tules5.6 miles35
Warner Springs6.3 miles34
Ranchita6.5 miles31
Borrego Springs8.3 miles35
San Felipe8.4 miles31
Borrego11.3 miles22

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1661382. 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.