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Tent City, California

34 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1904 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the San Diego census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92118. The Survey maps it on the Point Loma quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Tent City within San Diego County

Then and now

1904 to 1996

The same ground, surveyed 92 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Tent City (historical), surveyed 1996
Topographic sheet of Tent City (historical), surveyed 1904

Compare 1904 against another survey:

On record in Tent City

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 within a mile 2 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 34 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

178 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 178 fires within 5 miles of Tent City (historical) between 1994 and 2020, burning about 53 acres in total. None started naturally. 32 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/undetermined112
Arson/incendiarism32
Debris and open burning12
Smoking9
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Equipment and vehicle use4
Recreation and ceremony2

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
8 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Diego Unitnot named
25 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.4 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
25 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
23 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
2 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.6 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
17 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresSan Diego Unitnot named
16 September 2018Misuse 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

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Tent City (historical): 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
San Diego Molding Sand Co.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast 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
Coronado0.8 miles34
Barrio Logan2.2 miles34
San Diego2.8 miles34
Logan Heights2.8 miles34
Sherman Heights2.9 miles34
Grant Hill2.9 miles34
Golden Hill3.4 miles34
Mountain View3.6 miles32

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1666571. 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.