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Tosco, California

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Chuckwalla Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92225. The Survey maps it on the Blythe NE quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Tosco within Riverside County

Then and now

1942 to 1986

The same ground, surveyed 44 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Tosco (historical), surveyed 1986
Topographic sheet of Tosco (historical), surveyed 1942

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 18 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

77 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 77 fires within 5 miles of Tosco (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 547 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 4 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/undetermined33
Debris and open burning17
Equipment and vehicle use12
Arson/incendiarism4
Recreation and ceremony4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Smoking2
Natural2

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
5 September 1992Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreRiverside UnitLOCAL
24 September 2007Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictUNNAMED FIRE 2750
23 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRiverside Unit8TH AV BLYT
19 September 1993Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreRiverside UnitLOCAL
15 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresRiverside UnitLOCAL 15180
11 September 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictLOCAL
5 August 2013Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreRiverside UnitMIDLAND RD BLYT
26 August 2010Natural232 acresColorado River AgencyBOSQUE 2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Riverside County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 21 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Tosco (historical): 12 past producers, 5 occurrences, 3 producers, 1 prospect. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silver, Copper, Stone, Dimension. 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
Big Maria ClaimsThorium, REE, Uranium, VanadiumOccurrence
Levy QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Maria Mountains MarlLimestone, GeneralPast Producer
Silver ShilistCopper, Gold, SilverOccurrence
Valley ViewGold, Silver, CopperProspect
Baker Copper Co.Copper, SilverOccurrence
Grand Canyon QuarriesStone, DimensionPast Producer
Navarro QuarryStone, DimensionPast Producer
RoyalSilverOccurrence
Unnamed Silver ProspectSilverOccurrence

Every working 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
Mesaville2.5 miles20
Blythe5.7 miles21
East Blythe5.8 miles21
Miller Farms8.2 miles21
Mesa Verde9.1 miles17
Inca11.5 miles20
Ripley11.9 miles17
Cox13.6 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1701985. 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.