Arlington, California
43 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 92503. The Survey maps it on the Riverside West quadrangle.
Then and now
1901 to 1983The 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.


Compare 1901 against another survey:
On record in Arlington
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 2 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Arlington Branch Library and Fire Halllisted 1993 · 0.1 miles away
Administration Building, Sherman Institutelisted 1980 · 0.6 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
16 surveys from 43 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.
- 1901 USGS Elsinore quadrangle1:125000, 8 printings
- 1901 USGS Riverside quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1901 USGS Southern California Sheet No. 1 quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1904 USGS Southern California Sheet No. 1 quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1942 USGS Riverside quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1942 USGS Riverside and Vicinity quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Riverside quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Riverside West quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Riverside West quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1983 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
805 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 805 fires within 5 miles of Arlington between 1992 and 2020, burning about 7,385 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 85 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 | 406 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 126 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 85 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 62 |
| Smoking | 56 |
| Debris and open burning | 38 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 14 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 12 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | CLAY |
| 9 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | SKYLOFT DR JRPV |
| 9 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Riverside Unit | CLUBHOUSE DR NORC |
| 9 September 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Riverside Unit | LOCAL 15179 |
| 8 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Riverside Unit | EL PALOMINO DR JRPV |
| 8 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | ANDOVER ST HOMG |
| 7 September 2017 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | LIMONITE AV / PEDLEY RD |
| 7 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 27 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 27 workings within 5 miles of Arlington: 24 past producers, 3 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Silica, Stone, Dimension, Kyanite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cajalco Dumortierite Occurrence | Kyanite | Occurrence | ||
| Fletcher Prospect | Molybdenum, Copper | Occurrence | Molybdenite | |
| Hancock Clay Deposit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Lane Brothers | Granite | Past Producer | ||
| Magstone Products | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Molybdenite Occurrence | Molybdenum | Occurrence | ||
| Santa Ana River Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Stone & Alexander Quarry | Feldspar, Silica | Past Producer | ||
| Mt. Hole Quarries | Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Arlington in 3 storm reports between 2002 and 2022: 1 wildfire, 1 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. The reports record 2 injuries. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2002 | Wildfire | Arlington | 2 hurt, $400,000 | no account filed |
| September 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Arlington | - | Strong winds associated with Tropical Storm Kay blew down a newly planted tree on the campus of Sherman Indian High School in Riverside. |
| March 2020 | Flash Flood | Arlington | - | California Highway Patrol reports Highway 91 at the Adams Street off ramp completely flooded, with vehicles floating. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arlington Station | 0.5 miles | 43 | |
| Arlanza | 1.9 miles | 43 | |
| Casa Blanca | 2.5 miles | 43 | |
| La Sierra | 2.7 miles | 43 | |
| La Sierra Heights | 2.7 miles | 43 | |
| May | 2.9 miles | 43 | |
| Magnolia Avenue | 3.0 miles | 43 | |
| Prenda | 3.1 miles | 43 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 238703. 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.















