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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.

Spring Valley within San Diego County

Then and now

1903 to 1994

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Spring Valley, surveyed 1994
Topographic sheet of Spring Valley, surveyed 1903

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

Population over time

2 figures

Spring 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.

YearPeople Change
201028,205
202030,998+2,793 (+10%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 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

501 since 1992

Regional 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/undetermined295
Arson/incendiarism83
Equipment and vehicle use46
Debris and open burning30
Misuse of fire by a minor17
Recreation and ceremony14
Smoking12
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Fireworks1
Natural1

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
9 September 2011Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSan Diego Unitnot named
9 September 2010Arson/incendiarism1.1 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
9 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Diego National Wildlife RefugeSYCUAN
9 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresSan Diego National Wildlife RefugePAR
8 September 2006Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSan Diego National Wildlife RefugeJAMACHA
8 September 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Diego National Wildlife RefugeCREEK
7 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Diego Unitnot named
7 September 2007Misuse of fire by a minorunder 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

10 of 32 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Coyote Mtn Gypsum & SSulfur, Gypsum-AnhydriteProducerGypsum
El Granito Mineral SpringsGeothermalProducer
Independent Stone Co QuarryStoneProducer
Parsons MineGoldPast Producer
Parsonsorange BlossommineGoldProducer
Phillips MineGoldPast Producer
Phillips Mine Chase RanchGoldProducer
San Diego Stone Co.QuarryStoneProducer
Unnamed QuarryStonePast Producer
Unnamed QuarryStonePast Producer

Every working 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
Casa de Oro1.0 miles30
Homelands1.4 miles30
Lemon Grove1.7 miles32
Mount Helix1.9 miles42
La Mesa2.0 miles37
Calavo Gardens2.4 miles42
Grossmont2.4 miles42
Alta (historical)2.5 miles42

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 ValleyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q590828The 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.