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San Luis Rey, California

48 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Oceanside-Escondido census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92057. It stands on Pilgrim Creek. The Survey maps it on the San Luis Rey quadrangle. It stands 59 feet above sea level.

San Luis Rey within San Diego County

Then and now

1893 to 1997

The same ground, surveyed 104 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, surveyed 1997
Topographic sheet of San Luis Rey, surveyed 1893

Compare 1893 against another survey:

On record in San Luis Rey

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

17 surveys from 48 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

167 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 167 fires within 5 miles of San Luis Rey between 1993 and 2020, burning about 1,472 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 29 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/undetermined94
Arson/incendiarism29
Equipment and vehicle use17
Smoking11
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Debris and open burning5
Recreation and ceremony2
Natural1

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 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Diego Unitnot named
6 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
4 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Diego UnitGUNSHOT INJURIES
28 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
27 September 2009Smokingunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
26 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Diego Unitnot named
26 September 2016Smokingunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
20 September 2005Naturalunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Diego County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 22 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of San Luis Rey: 17 past producers, 5 producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Granite, 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
Carlsbad Rock and Sand Co.Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Marrow QuarryStoneProducer
Crystal Silica CompanySilicaProducer
Crystal Silica CompanySilicaPast Producer
Decomposed Granite PitGraniteProducer
Decomposed Granite PitGranitePast Producer
E.E.Cowdrey PitGraniteProducer
Richardson PitGraniteProducer
Carlsbad PitStone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Carlsbad Rock and Sand Co.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in San Diego County

Storms near this place

4 since 2014

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names San Luis Rey in 4 storm reports between 2014 and 2023: 1 flood, 1 heavy rain, 1 flash flood, 1 lightning. 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
December 2023LightningSan Luis Rey$1,000Lightning snapped a large tree about two thirds of the way down near the base. Photo received via Facebook of a tree near intersection of Douglas Dr and River Rd. This occurred during a line of storms moving through Oceanside around 11:30pm.
January 2023Flash FloodSan Luis Rey-Flash flooding on College Avenue near SR76 reported by CalTrans. Full highway closure with disabled vehicles due to water up to 2.5 feet deep. Rainfall rates of 0.84 inch per hour occurred in the area, per observations from KCRQ ASOS.
July 2021Heavy RainSan Luis Rey-Mesonet weather station reported 0.89 inches of heavy rain.
December 2014FloodSan Luis Rey-KOGO radio reported flooding along Highway 78 and El Camino Real. An NWS employee reported around an inch of standing water on Interstate 5 stretching from Camp Pendleton, south to Highway 78.

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
Oceana1.5 miles48
Talich2.2 miles48
Ysidora (historical)2.9 miles35
Ysidora3.7 miles46
Fallbrook Junction3.8 miles46
Oceanside3.9 miles46
South Oceanside4.2 miles48
Escondido Junction4.2 miles48

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 San Luis ReyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5679634The 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 1661386. 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.