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Woodcrest, California

45 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Riverside census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92504. It lies near Three Sisters. The Survey maps it on the Riverside East quadrangle. 15,378 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,535 feet above sea level.

Woodcrest 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 Woodcrest, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Woodcrest, surveyed 1901

Compare 1901 against another survey:

Population over time

2 figures

Woodcrest grew from 14,347 to 15,378 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
201014,347
202015,378+1,031 (+7%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

16 surveys from 45 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

822 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 822 fires within 5 miles of Woodcrest between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,442 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 56 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/undetermined374
Equipment and vehicle use177
Debris and open burning73
Misuse of fire by a minor72
Arson/incendiarism56
Smoking38
Recreation and ceremony16
Power generation/transmission/distribution10
Natural5
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreRiverside UnitVALLEY
9 September 1996Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresRiverside UnitMATHEWS
9 September 1995Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreRiverside UnitLOCAL 15179
9 September 1995Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreRiverside UnitLOCAL
9 September 1994Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreRiverside UnitSTATE
9 September 1993Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreRiverside UnitSTATE
7 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
7 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRiverside UnitOLEANDER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Riverside County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 20 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Woodcrest: 15 past producers, 3 producers, 2 prospects. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Granite, Limestone, General, Gold. 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
Hancock Clay DepositClayPast Producer
New City QuarryLimestone, General, DolomitePast Producer
Arlington TunnelGoldProspect
Blue Gray Granite QuarryGraniteProducer
Crestmore MineLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Crestmore MineLimestone, GeneralPast Producer
Dr. Musick MineGoldProspect
Hoag MineGoldPast Producer
PitGraniteProducer
PitGraniteProducer

Every working recorded in Riverside County

Storms near this place

2 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Woodcrest in 2 storm reports between 2010 and 2016: 2 lightning. 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
October 2010LightningWoodcrest$6,000A single family residence received a direct lightning strike to the roof, creating a 3-inch diameter hole. No injuries or fire, but the American Red Cross was called to assist the 5 adults and one infant residents.
October 2016LightningWoodcrest$2,000CHP reported a fire due to power lines downed from a lightning strike.

Every storm 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
Glen Valley2.2 miles40
Prenda3.2 miles43
Arnold Heights4.2 miles43
Casa Blanca4.3 miles43
West March4.5 miles43
Alessandro4.6 miles43
Mead Valley4.7 miles40
Pachappa4.7 miles43

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 WoodcrestAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2301317The 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 1652815. 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.