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Arrowbear Lake, California

35 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Big Bear census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92382. It stands on South Fork Deep Creek. The Survey maps it on the Keller Peak quadrangle.

Arrowbear Lake within San Bernardino County

Then and now

1899 to 1996

The same ground, surveyed 97 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Arrowbear Lake, surveyed 1996
Topographic sheet of Arrowbear Lake, surveyed 1899

Compare 1899 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 35 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

273 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 273 fires within 5 miles of Arrowbear Lake between 1992 and 2020, burning about 81,450 acres in total. 36 started naturally. 13 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/undetermined103
Equipment and vehicle use41
Natural36
Recreation and ceremony24
Misuse of fire by a minor19
Smoking13
Arson/incendiarism13
Other causes13
Debris and open burning4
Firearms and explosives use3
Fireworks2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

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 2015Naturalunder an acreSan Bernardino National ForestSNOWED
9 September 2012Naturalunder an acreSan Bernardino National ForestWAGON WHEEL
9 September 2012Naturalunder an acreSan Bernardino National ForestDEEP
9 September 1996Debris and open burningunder an acreSan Bernardino National ForestGREEN
8 September 1992Smokingunder an acreSan Bernardino National Forestnot named
6 September 2006Naturalunder an acreSan Bernardino National ForestSNOW
6 September 2000Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSan Bernardino National ForestCRAB
6 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined40 acresSan Bernardino National Forestnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Bernardino County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Arrowbear Lake: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
Green Lead MineGoldPast Producer
Heaps Peak QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in San Bernardino County

Storms near this place

4 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Arrowbear Lake in 4 storm reports between 2015 and 2023: 2 lightning, 1 heavy rain, 1 flood. 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
April 2022LightningArrowbear Lake$10,000Several cloud to ground lightning strikes occurred in the mountains and were associated with heavy precipitation and snow.
July 2015LightningArrowbear Lake$500CHP reported a small lightning ignited fire near Keller Peak.
January 2023FloodArrowbear Lake-Arrowbear Drive at Music Camp Drive closed due to flooding. The area received 3.5 inches of rainfall.
July 2022Heavy RainArrowbear Lake-Rainfall of 1.20 inch measured in 45 minutes at Arrowbear.

Every storm recorded in San Bernardino 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
Running Springs1.4 miles35
Green Valley Lake2.1 miles35
Smiley Park2.5 miles38
Fredalba2.7 miles38
Cedar Glen5.2 miles32
Skyforest5.4 miles38
Lake Arrowhead6.2 miles38
Crest Park6.2 miles38

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 Arrowbear LakeAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q4796155The 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 269578. 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.