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Winterwarm, California

31 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Fallbrook census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92028. The Survey maps it on the Bonsall quadrangle.

Winterwarm within San Diego County

Then and now

1901 to 1982

The same ground, surveyed 81 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Winterwarm, surveyed 1982
Topographic sheet of Winterwarm, surveyed 1901

Compare 1901 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 31 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

431 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 431 fires within 5 miles of Winterwarm between 1992 and 2020, burning about 20,574 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 31 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/undetermined185
Equipment and vehicle use136
Arson/incendiarism31
Debris and open burning25
Recreation and ceremony25
Misuse of fire by a minor15
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Natural3
Smoking3

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 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Diego UnitGIRD RD / PALA RD 3
8 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Diego UnitMISSION
8 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Diego UnitFREEWAY
8 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Diego UnitBRIDGE
7 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionALTA
7 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined7.0 acresSan Diego UnitCASTER
4 September 2012Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresSan Diego UnitSYCAMORE DR / GREEN CANYO
4 September 2004Equipment and vehicle use1.5 acresSan Diego UnitROXANNE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Diego County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Winterwarm: 9 past producers, 3 occurrences, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gemstone, Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Brown Trucking Dg PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Schier Clay DepositClayPast Producer
Schier Clay DepositsClayProspectSedimentary
Freeman MineGemstoneOccurrence
Mountain Belle ClaimGemstoneOccurrence
Vista ChiefGemstoneOccurrence
Bonsall PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Borrow PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Faubus PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Pankey PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in San Diego County

Storms near this place

3 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Winterwarm in 3 storm reports between 2015 and 2024: 2 flood, 1 debris flow. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
February 2024FloodWinterwarm-Flooding spread into the roadway at South Mission Rd and Green Canyon Rd. About 2 to 3 inches of rain fell in the area at the time.
March 2024FloodWinterwarm-CalTrans report of flooding in the number 4 lane on I-15 South north of Highway 76.
May 2015Debris FlowWinterwarm-CHP reported a mudslide and rock slide along Old Highway 395 at Dulin Road due to heavy rainfall.

Every storm 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
San Luis Rey Heights1.7 miles31
DeLuz2.9 miles35
Fallbrook2.9 miles36
Pala Mesa3.2 miles31
Bonsall3.6 miles31
Ridgecrest Estates4.3 miles30
Jofegan6.1 miles35
Rainbow6.2 miles30

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.

Wikidata item Q122562147The 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 1661704. 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.