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Stallion Oaks, California

33 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Laguna-Pine Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 91916. It lies near Descanso Valley. The Survey maps it on the Viejas Mountain quadrangle.

Stallion Oaks within San Diego County

Then and now

1903 to 1997

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Stallion Oaks, surveyed 1997
Topographic sheet of Stallion Oaks, surveyed 1903

Compare 1903 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 33 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

366 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 366 fires within 5 miles of Stallion Oaks between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,791 acres in total. 16 started naturally. 40 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
Equipment and vehicle use143
Missing data/not specified/undetermined80
Arson/incendiarism40
Recreation and ceremony20
Debris and open burning20
Natural16
Misuse of fire by a minor15
Other causes12
Power generation/transmission/distribution9
Smoking8
Fireworks3

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 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.1 acresCleveland National ForestVIEJAS
9 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCleveland National ForestEIGHT
8 September 2015Naturalunder an acreCleveland National ForestGUATAY
8 September 2005Equipment and vehicle use75 acresSan Diego UnitOAKZANITA
7 September 2000Naturalunder an acreSan Diego UnitAIRPLANE
7 September 2000Naturalunder an acreSan Diego UnitGREEN
7 September 1997Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCleveland National ForestPICK-UP
6 September 1997Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCleveland National ForestGLENN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Diego County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Stallion Oaks: 5 producers, 4 past producers, 3 prospects, 1 occurrence. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Quartz, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Feldspar. 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
Descanso MineGold, SilverProducer
Descanso MineGold, SilverPast Producer
Ajax DepositStone, Crushed/BrokenProspect
Allen Borrow PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Lowrey DepositQuartzProducer
Lowrey DepositQuartzPast Producer
Spanish Bayonet DepositFeldsparProducer
Spanish Bayonet DepositFeldsparPast Producer
Decker ProspectGoldProspect
Grand Central Quartz MineGoldProspect

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
Hulburd Grove1.1 miles34
Descanso1.8 miles34
Descanso Junction2.6 miles34
Los Terrenitos2.8 miles34
Guatay4.5 miles34
The Willows5.3 miles33
Pine Grove6.4 miles33
Pine Valley6.7 miles34

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 Q122549447The 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 275822. 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.