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Sycamore Hills, California

40 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Murrieta census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92544. The Survey maps it on the Sage quadrangle.

Sycamore Hills within Riverside County

Then and now

1901 to 1984

The same ground, surveyed 83 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Sycamore Hills, surveyed 1984
Topographic sheet of Sycamore Hills, surveyed 1901

Compare 1901 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 40 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

213 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 213 fires within 5 miles of Sycamore Hills between 1992 and 2019, burning about 29,570 acres in total. 22 started naturally. 23 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/undetermined85
Equipment and vehicle use48
Arson/incendiarism23
Natural22
Misuse of fire by a minor12
Debris and open burning10
Recreation and ceremony7
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Smoking1
Other causes1

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
7 September 2000Natural20 acresSan Bernardino National ForestSTANLEY
6 September 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreRiverside UnitBENTON
6 September 2008Debris and open burning1.0 acresRiverside UnitGREENHOUSE
5 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined198 acresCalifornia Desert DistrictBELLA
4 September 2011Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresRiverside UnitBLUFF
30 September 1995Misuse of fire by a minor8.0 acresRiverside UnitSTATE
3 September 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreRiverside UnitBUCK RD / SAN IGNACIO RD
3 September 1992Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresRiverside UnitST 1343

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire 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
Oakridge Ranches1.4 miles40
Sage1.4 miles40
Sycamore Springs1.6 miles40
Indian Oaks3.7 miles36
South Park4.2 miles36
Glenoak Hills4.3 miles40
High Acres Haciendas4.5 miles36
Glenoaks Country5.3 miles36

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1868122. 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.