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South Park, California

36 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Murrieta census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92592. It lies near Tucalota Valley. The Survey maps it on the Bachelor Mountain quadrangle.

South Park within Riverside County

Then and now

1901 to 1983

The same ground, surveyed 82 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of South Park, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of South Park, surveyed 1901

Compare 1901 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 36 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

223 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 223 fires within 5 miles of South Park between 1992 and 2020, burning about 30,791 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 9 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/undetermined106
Equipment and vehicle use63
Misuse of fire by a minor11
Debris and open burning10
Arson/incendiarism9
Smoking6
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Recreation and ceremony5
Natural5
Other causes1
Fireworks1

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
5 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined198 acresCalifornia Desert DistrictBELLA
4 September 2008Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresRiverside UnitWASHINGTON IC 2
4 September 2000Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreRiverside UnitBUENA
28 September 1994Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreRiverside UnitSTATE
26 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictUNNAMED FIRE 3020
25 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresRiverside UnitSTATE
23 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresRiverside UnitSTONE
20 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionBENTON

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Riverside County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of South Park: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron. 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
Blacker Bachelor Mtn. Iron MineIronProspect

Every working recorded in Riverside 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
High Acres Haciendas0.5 miles36
Auld (historical)2.1 miles36
Indian Oaks2.4 miles36
Glenoaks Country3.0 miles36
Valle de los Caballos3.3 miles36
Glenoak Hills3.4 miles40
Oakridge Ranches3.6 miles40
Country Road Estates4.0 miles36

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1868120. 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.