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.
Then and now
1903 to 1997The 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.


Compare 1903 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 34 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1903 USGS Ramona quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1904 USGS Southern California Sheet No. 2 quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1939 USGS Santa Ysabel quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Santa Ysabel quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Santa Ysabel quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1960 USGS Santa Ysabel quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1965 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Borrego Valley quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1997 USGS Santa Ysabel quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
294 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 93 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 63 |
| Debris and open burning | 62 |
| Natural | 26 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 23 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 12 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Smoking | 2 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2000 | Natural | under an acre | San Diego Unit | LANE |
| 7 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | San Diego Unit | HIESE |
| 6 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 685 acres | San Diego Unit | VOLCAN |
| 6 September 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | San Diego Unit | RANCH |
| 5 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | San Diego Unit | HWY 79 / EPEI HILL RD 7 |
| 5 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Desert District | OFILA |
| 4 September 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | California Desert District | HEMBORG |
| 4 September 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | San Diego Unit | DATSUN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 57 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Foster Quarry | Stone | Producer | ||
| Foster Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Kentwood Scheelite Claim | Tungsten | Occurrence | ||
| Owens | Gold, Copper, Silver | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Owens Mine | Gold, Silver, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Owens Old Owensmine | Gold, Copper, Silver | Producer | ||
| Banner Horseshore Prospect | Gold | Producer | ||
| Chieftan Mine | Gold | Producer | ||
| Chieftan Mine | Gold | Past Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Santa Ysabel | 1.7 miles | 34 | |
| Branson (historical) | 2.0 miles | 34 | |
| Julian | 2.7 miles | 34 | |
| Whispering Pines | 3.3 miles | 34 | |
| Pine Hills | 3.5 miles | 34 | |
| Kentwood-In-The-Pines | 4.1 miles | 34 | |
| Banner | 5.6 miles | 34 | |
| Ballena | 5.8 miles | 34 |
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 Wynola | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q8040239 | The 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.













