Tecate, California
28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Mountain Empire census division. It lies in ZIP code area 91980. The Survey maps it on the Tecate quadrangle. It stands 1,778 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1903 to 1979The same ground, surveyed 76 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 Tecate
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 2 records
Kuchamaalisted 1992- US Inspection Station-Tecatelisted 1992
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 28 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
- 1942 USGS Potrero quadrangle1:48000
- 1944 USGS Potrero quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS San Diego quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS San Diego quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS San Diego quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS San Diego quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Potrero quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Tecate quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1979 USGS El Cajon quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
420 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 420 fires within 5 miles of Tecate between 1992 and 2020, burning about 112,614 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 115 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 | 160 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 115 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 60 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 31 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 24 |
| Debris and open burning | 22 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 acres | California Desert District | POTRERO |
| 7 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 acres | California Desert District | BORDER 9 |
| 6 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | California Desert District | GOODE |
| 5 September 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | San Diego Unit | TECATE#29 |
| 5 September 1992 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 2.0 acres | California Desert District | TECATE |
| 4 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | San Diego Unit | TECATE MISSION TECATE |
| 30 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | San Diego Unit | TECATE RD POTRERO 110 |
| 30 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | San Diego Unit | DUFF |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Tecate: 2 prospects, 2 occurrences, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Silica, Feldspar, Gold, Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Companion No. 1 Deposit | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Last Chance Claim | Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Pilz Deposit | Feldspar, Silica | Prospect | ||
| Potrero | Silica | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
1 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tecate in 1 storm report in 1999: 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1999 | Hail | Tecate | - | Hail 1.75 inch diameter, heavy rain, and wind gusts to 40 mph were observed. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Potrero | 2.0 miles | 30 | |
| Barrett Junction | 4.8 miles | 28 | |
| Canyon City | 5.4 miles | 30 | |
| Hacienda del Florasol | 7.3 miles | 30 | |
| Engineer Springs | 8.1 miles | 29 | |
| Rancho Del Campo | 8.6 miles | 19 | |
| Campo | 8.6 miles | 19 | |
| Cameron Corners | 9.0 miles | 22 |
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 Tecate | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q476569 | 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 1661553. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.










