Sycamore Springs, 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. It lies near Kimmel Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Sage quadrangle.

Sycamore Springs 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 Springs, surveyed 1984

Topographic sheet of Sycamore Springs, 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.

1901 USGS San Jacinto quadrangle1:125000, 9 printings
1901 USGS Southern California Sheet No. 1 quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
1904 USGS Southern California Sheet No. 1 quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1942 USGS Hemet quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1943 USGS Hemet quadrangle1:62500
1947 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
1949 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
1954 USGS Sage quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
1956 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
1957 USGS Hemet quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1959 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1960 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1965 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
1984 USGS Palm Springs quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings

Fires near this place

235 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 235 fires within 5 miles of Sycamore Springs between 1992 and 2019, burning about 27,860 acres in total. 29 started naturally. 26 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	91
Equipment and vehicle use	47
Natural	29
Arson/incendiarism	26
Misuse of fire by a minor	15
Debris and open burning	13
Recreation and ceremony	6
Power generation/transmission/distribution	4
Smoking	3
Other causes	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
6 September 2015	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Riverside Unit	BENTON
5 September 2007	Natural	4.0 acres	California Desert District	PALM
5 September 2005	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	198 acres	California Desert District	BELLA
4 September 2013	Natural	9.0 acres	California Desert District	CACTUS
4 September 2011	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Riverside Unit	BLUFF
30 September 1995	Misuse of fire by a minor	8.0 acres	Riverside Unit	STATE
3 September 2011	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Riverside Unit	BUCK RD / SAN IGNACIO RD
3 September 2007	Natural	12 acres	California Desert District	UNNAMED FIRE 3166

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Oakridge Ranches	1.3 miles	40
Sycamore Hills	1.6 miles	40
Sage	2.8 miles	40
Indian Oaks	3.5 miles	36
South Park	4.9 miles	36
High Acres Haciendas	5.3 miles	36
Glenoak Hills	5.7 miles	40
Auld (historical)	6.0 miles	36

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1868134. 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.