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.
Then and now
1893 to 1997The 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.


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.
San Luis Rey Mission ChurchNational Historic Landmark · listed 1970 · 0.2 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
17 surveys from 48 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.
- 1893 USGS Oceanside quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1898 USGS Oceanside quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1901 USGS Oceanside quadrangle1:62500, 8 printings
- 1901 USGS San Luis Rey quadrangle1:125000, 8 printings
- 1904 USGS Southern California Sheet No. 2 quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1942 USGS Oceanside quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS San Luis Rey quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1949 USGS San Luis Rey quadrangle1:24000
- 1949 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS San Luis Rey quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1982 USGS Oceanside quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1997 USGS San Luis Rey quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
167 since 1993Regional 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/undetermined | 94 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 29 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 17 |
| Smoking | 11 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Natural | 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 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | San Diego Unit | not named |
| 6 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 4 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | San Diego Unit | GUNSHOT INJURIES |
| 28 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 27 September 2009 | Smoking | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 26 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | San Diego Unit | not named |
| 26 September 2016 | Smoking | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 20 September 2005 | Natural | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 22 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carlsbad Rock and Sand Co. | Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Marrow Quarry | Stone | Producer | ||
| Crystal Silica Company | Silica | Producer | ||
| Crystal Silica Company | Silica | Past Producer | ||
| Decomposed Granite Pit | Granite | Producer | ||
| Decomposed Granite Pit | Granite | Past Producer | ||
| E.E.Cowdrey Pit | Granite | Producer | ||
| Richardson Pit | Granite | Producer | ||
| Carlsbad Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Carlsbad Rock and Sand Co. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
Storms near this place
4 since 2014Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2023 | Lightning | San Luis Rey | $1,000 | Lightning 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 2023 | Flash Flood | San 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 2021 | Heavy Rain | San Luis Rey | - | Mesonet weather station reported 0.89 inches of heavy rain. |
| December 2014 | Flood | San 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. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oceana | 1.5 miles | 48 | |
| Talich | 2.2 miles | 48 | |
| Ysidora (historical) | 2.9 miles | 35 | |
| Ysidora | 3.7 miles | 46 | |
| Fallbrook Junction | 3.8 miles | 46 | |
| Oceanside | 3.9 miles | 46 | |
| South Oceanside | 4.2 miles | 48 | |
| Escondido Junction | 4.2 miles | 48 |
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 Rey | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5679634 | The 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.
















