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San Luis Rey Heights, California

31 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Fallbrook census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92028. It stands on Adler Creek. The Survey maps it on the Bonsall quadrangle.

San Luis Rey Heights within San Diego County

Then and now

1901 to 1982

The same ground, surveyed 81 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 Luis Rey Heights, surveyed 1982
Topographic sheet of San Luis Rey Heights, surveyed 1901

Compare 1901 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

461 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 461 fires within 5 miles of San Luis Rey Heights between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,137 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 32 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/undetermined211
Equipment and vehicle use140
Arson/incendiarism32
Debris and open burning25
Recreation and ceremony24
Misuse of fire by a minor14
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Smoking4
Natural3

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 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Diego UnitGIRD RD / PALA RD 3
8 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Diego UnitFREEWAY
8 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Diego UnitBRIDGE
7 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionALTA
7 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined7.0 acresSan Diego UnitCASTER
4 September 2012Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresSan Diego UnitSYCAMORE DR / GREEN CANYO
4 September 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Diego UnitOLD 4
4 September 2004Equipment and vehicle use1.5 acresSan Diego UnitROXANNE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Diego County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of San Luis Rey Heights: 12 past producers, 3 occurrences, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gemstone, Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Brown Trucking Dg PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Schier Clay DepositClayPast Producer
Schier Clay DepositsClayProspectSedimentary
Freeman MineGemstoneOccurrence
Mountain Belle ClaimGemstoneOccurrence
Vista ChiefGemstoneOccurrence
Bonsall PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Borrow PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Faubus PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

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
Winterwarm1.7 miles31
Bonsall2.2 miles31
Pala Mesa2.6 miles31
DeLuz4.3 miles35
Fallbrook4.5 miles36
Ridgecrest Estates5.7 miles30
Jofegan6.5 miles35
Lilac7.0 miles32

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.

Wikidata item Q122566792The 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 1661387. 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.