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San Onofre, California

30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1902 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Camp Pendleton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92672. It stands on San Onofre Creek. The Survey maps it on the San Clemente quadrangle.

San Onofre within San Diego County

Then and now

1902 to 1982

The same ground, surveyed 80 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 Onofre, surveyed 1982
Topographic sheet of San Onofre, surveyed 1902

Compare 1902 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 30 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

51 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 51 fires within 5 miles of San Onofre between 1995 and 2020, burning about 29,430 acres in total. 2 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined21
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Smoking7
Arson/incendiarism7
Debris and open burning3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Natural2
Recreation and ceremony1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
13 September 2009Smokingunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
10 September 2011Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreOrange County Fire Authoritynot named
6 August 1995Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Bernardino National ForestGORDON
31 August 2019Smokingunder an acreOrange County Fire Authoritynot named
26 August 2007Naturalunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
17 August 2006Smokingunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
15 August 2007Smokingunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
14 August 2006Smokingunder 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

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of San Onofre: 4 past producers, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, 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
Susquehanna - Western Inc.Stone, DimensionUnknown
Camp Pendleton QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Camp Pendleton QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
San Clemente ProjectSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in San Diego County

Storms near this place

7 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names San Onofre in 7 storm reports between 1998 and 2004: 2 wildfire, 2 rip current, 1 waterspout, 1 heavy rain. The reports record 1 death and 12 injuries. 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
July 2003Rip CurrentSan Onofre1 killedno account filed
December 2002Rip CurrentSan Onofre12 hurt, $80,000no account filed
February 2004Thunderstorm WindSan Onofre$45,000no account filed
April 2003Heavy RainSan Onofre$20,000no account filed
September 1999WildfireSan Onofre-About 1000 acres were burned over a two day period on a U.S.M.C. Camp Pendleton weapons firing range.
October 1999WildfireSan Onofre-Dry conditions and moderate easterly breezes caused a wild fire to grow to 2200 acres on the U.S.M.C. Camp Pendleton weapons firing range before it was fully contained.
March 1998WaterspoutSan Onofre-no account filed

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
Agra5.1 miles27
Don (historical)7.0 miles35
Las Flores9.2 miles35
Stuart12.1 miles35
Chappo12.7 miles35
Jofegan13.6 miles35
De Luz13.7 miles36
Ysidora (historical)13.9 miles35

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 Q122547196The 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 1661390. 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.