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Valley Vista, California

36 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Perris Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92545. It lies near Reinhardt Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Winchester quadrangle.

Valley Vista within Riverside County

Then and now

1901 to 1983

The same ground, surveyed 82 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Valley Vista, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Valley Vista, surveyed 1901

Compare 1901 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 36 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

709 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 709 fires within 5 miles of Valley Vista between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,365 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 67 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/undetermined334
Equipment and vehicle use179
Arson/incendiarism67
Misuse of fire by a minor42
Smoking33
Debris and open burning29
Power generation/transmission/distribution11
Recreation and ceremony9
Natural4
Firearms and explosives use1

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
9 September 1994Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresRiverside UnitSTATE
8 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresRiverside UnitGRAND
7 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
7 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined9.0 acresRiverside UnitALLEN
7 September 1993Equipment and vehicle use1.8 acresRiverside UnitLOCAL
6 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreRiverside UnitROCKY COVE DR MENI
6 September 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
6 September 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Riverside County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 23 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 23 workings within 5 miles of Valley Vista: 7 occurrences, 7 prospects, 6 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Feldspar, Silica, Manganese, Magnesite. 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
PitGraniteProducer
Rigers PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Ritchie & PaulsonBeryllium, Mica, TantalumOccurrence
Unnamed Corundum OccurrenceCorundum, GemstoneOccurrence
Unnamed PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Hemet Magnesite MineMagnesiteProspect
Nichols Magnesite DepositMagnesiteProducer
Twin Buttes No. 1 MineGoldProspect
Twin Buttes No. 2 MineGoldProspect
Clark and Losekamp DepositManganeseOccurrence

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
Green Acres0.3 miles36
Juniper Springs1.8 miles36
Homeland1.9 miles36
Winchester2.5 miles36
Egan3.3 miles36
Menifee4.0 miles35
Hemet5.4 miles42
Romoland5.4 miles35

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1701426. 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.