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Wynola, California

34 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Palomar-Julian census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92070. It lies near Juch Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Santa Ysabel quadrangle. It stands 3,645 feet above sea level.

Wynola within San Diego County

Then and now

1903 to 1997

The same ground, surveyed 94 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Wynola, surveyed 1997
Topographic sheet of Wynola, surveyed 1903

Compare 1903 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 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

294 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 294 fires within 5 miles of Wynola between 1992 and 2020, burning about 267,719 acres in total. 26 started naturally. 23 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/undetermined93
Equipment and vehicle use63
Debris and open burning62
Natural26
Arson/incendiarism23
Recreation and ceremony12
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Smoking2

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
7 September 2000Naturalunder an acreSan Diego UnitLANE
7 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Diego UnitHIESE
6 September 2005Equipment and vehicle use685 acresSan Diego UnitVOLCAN
6 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Diego UnitRANCH
5 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSan Diego UnitHWY 79 / EPEI HILL RD 7
5 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictOFILA
4 September 2004Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictHEMBORG
4 September 2001Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Diego UnitDATSUN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Diego County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 57 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 57 workings within 5 miles of Wynola: 20 producers, 19 past producers, 11 occurrences, 7 prospects. 20 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Gold, Copper, Silver, Stone. 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
Foster QuarryStoneProducer
Foster QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Kentwood Scheelite ClaimTungstenOccurrence
OwensGold, Copper, SilverPast ProducerVein
Owens MineGold, Silver, CopperPast Producer
Owens Old OwensmineGold, Copper, SilverProducer
Banner Horseshore ProspectGoldProducer
Chieftan MineGoldProducer
Chieftan MineGoldPast 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
Santa Ysabel1.7 miles34
Branson (historical)2.0 miles34
Julian2.7 miles34
Whispering Pines3.3 miles34
Pine Hills3.5 miles34
Kentwood-In-The-Pines4.1 miles34
Banner5.6 miles34
Ballena5.8 miles34

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 WynolaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q8040239The 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 251832. 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.