Spring Valley, California
30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the San Diego census division. It lies in ZIP code area 91977. It lies near Dictionary Hill. The Survey maps it on the Jamul Mountains quadrangle. 30,998 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 390 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1903 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 91 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:
On record in Spring Valley
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 1 record
Hubert H. Bancroft RanchhouseNational Historic Landmark · listed 1966
Population over time
2 figuresSpring Valley grew from 28,205 to 30,998 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 28,205 | |
| 2020 | 30,998 | +2,793 (+10%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 30 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 Cuyamaca quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1904 USGS Southern California Sheet No. 2 quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1943 USGS Jamul quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS San Diego quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS San Diego quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Jamul quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Jamul Mountains quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS San Diego quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS San Diego quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1979 USGS El Cajon quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Jamul Mountains quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
501 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 501 fires within 5 miles of Spring Valley between 1992 and 2020, burning about 655 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 83 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 | 295 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 83 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 46 |
| Debris and open burning | 30 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 17 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 14 |
| Smoking | 12 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | San Diego Unit | not named |
| 9 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.1 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 9 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | San Diego National Wildlife Refuge | SYCUAN |
| 9 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | San Diego National Wildlife Refuge | PAR |
| 8 September 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | San Diego National Wildlife Refuge | JAMACHA |
| 8 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | San Diego National Wildlife Refuge | CREEK |
| 7 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | San Diego Unit | not named |
| 7 September 2007 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 32 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 32 workings within 5 miles of Spring Valley: 19 past producers, 13 producers. 13 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Granite, Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coyote Mtn Gypsum & S | Sulfur, Gypsum-Anhydrite | Producer | Gypsum | |
| El Granito Mineral Springs | Geothermal | Producer | ||
| Independent Stone Co Quarry | Stone | Producer | ||
| Parsons Mine | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Parsonsorange Blossommine | Gold | Producer | ||
| Phillips Mine | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Phillips Mine Chase Ranch | Gold | Producer | ||
| San Diego Stone Co.Quarry | Stone | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Quarry | Stone | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Casa de Oro | 1.0 miles | 30 | |
| Homelands | 1.4 miles | 30 | |
| Lemon Grove | 1.7 miles | 32 | |
| Mount Helix | 1.9 miles | 42 | |
| La Mesa | 2.0 miles | 37 | |
| Calavo Gardens | 2.4 miles | 42 | |
| Grossmont | 2.4 miles | 42 | |
| Alta (historical) | 2.5 miles | 42 |
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 Spring Valley | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q590828 | 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 1661495. 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.










