Santa Ysabel, California
34 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 92070. It lies near Quanai Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Santa Ysabel quadrangle. It stands 2,989 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1903 to 1997The 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.


Compare 1903 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 34 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.
- 1903 USGS Ramona quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1904 USGS Southern California Sheet No. 2 quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1939 USGS Santa Ysabel quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Santa Ysabel quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 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
- 1960 USGS Santa Ysabel quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1960 USGS Santa Ysabel quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1965 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Borrego Valley quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1997 USGS Santa Ysabel quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
257 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 257 fires within 5 miles of Santa Ysabel between 1992 and 2020, burning about 201,029 acres in total. 28 started naturally. 25 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 | 70 |
| Debris and open burning | 65 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 46 |
| Natural | 28 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 25 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2000 | Natural | under an acre | San Diego Unit | LANE |
| 6 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 685 acres | San Diego Unit | VOLCAN |
| 6 September 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | San Diego Unit | RANCH |
| 5 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | San Diego Unit | HWY 79 / EPEI HILL RD 7 |
| 5 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Desert District | OFILA |
| 4 September 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | California Desert District | HEMBORG |
| 4 September 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | San Diego Unit | DATSUN |
| 4 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | San Diego Unit | EPIE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 28 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 28 workings within 5 miles of Santa Ysabel: 11 past producers, 11 producers, 3 prospects, 3 occurrences. 11 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Gold, Copper, Silver. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foster Quarry | Stone | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Owens | Gold, Copper, Silver | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Owens Mine | Gold, Silver, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Owens Old Owensmine | Gold, Copper, Silver | Producer | ||
| Foster Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Moretti Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Chieftan Mine | Gold | Producer | ||
| Chieftan Mine | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Coleman Creek Placer Deposits | Gold | Producer | Placer |
Storms near this place
9 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Santa Ysabel in 9 storm reports between 2002 and 2023: 5 flash flood, 1 wildfire, 1 lightning, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2003 | Flash Flood | Santa Ysabel | $60,000 | no account filed |
| September 2003 | Flash Flood | Santa Ysabel | $50,000 | no account filed |
| August 2003 | Flash Flood | Santa Ysabel | $50,000 | no account filed |
| May 2008 | Flash Flood | Santa Ysabel | $5,000 | Heavy rain from thunderstorms caused several areas of flash flooding in the Witch Creek Burn Area. Flash flooding was reported at Black Canyon Road and Sutherland Dam Road northeast of Ramona. Several other flash floods were reported along Highway 78 between Ramona and Santa Ysabel. Water spilled over a small dam at Ramona Canyon Resort and flooded the creek that runs alongside Highway 78. No serious damage was reported. |
| January 2023 | Debris Flow | Santa Ysabel | - | CalTrans report of a 4' X 5' boulder on Highway 78 by Wynola Road. |
| January 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Santa Ysabel | - | Multiple mesonet stations in the Santa Ysabel and Julian area reported thunderstorm wind gusts of 58 to 72 mph. The peak gust of 72 mph occurred at Hoskings Ranch between 2320 and 2330 PST. |
| September 2003 | Lightning | Santa Ysabel | - | no account filed |
| September 2003 | Flash Flood | Santa Ysabel | - | no account filed |
| July 2002 | Wildfire | Santa Ysabel | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wynola | 1.7 miles | 34 | |
| Branson (historical) | 3.7 miles | 34 | |
| Julian | 4.3 miles | 34 | |
| Pine Hills | 4.8 miles | 34 | |
| Whispering Pines | 4.9 miles | 34 | |
| Ballena | 4.9 miles | 34 | |
| Kentwood-In-The-Pines | 5.8 miles | 34 | |
| Morettis Junction | 6.6 miles | 33 |
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 Santa Ysabel | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7419988 | 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 249137. 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.













