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Bloomington, California

39 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the San Bernardino census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92316. The Survey maps it on the Fontana quadrangle. 24,339 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,099 feet above sea level.

Bloomington within San Bernardino County

Then and now

1896 to 1982

The same ground, surveyed 86 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Bloomington, surveyed 1982
Topographic sheet of Bloomington, surveyed 1896

Compare 1896 against another survey:

Population over time

2 figures

Bloomington grew from 23,851 to 24,339 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
201023,851
202024,339+488 (+2%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

17 surveys from 39 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

985 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 985 fires within 5 miles of Bloomington between 1992 and 2020, burning about 25,951 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 155 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/undetermined547
Arson/incendiarism155
Equipment and vehicle use147
Misuse of fire by a minor53
Smoking46
Debris and open burning17
Recreation and ceremony12
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Natural2

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 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
8 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRiverside UnitLOCAL 15020
7 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
7 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
7 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
7 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined1,007 acresSan Bernardino National ForestRUNWAY
6 September 2020Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresSan Bernardino Unitnot named
6 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Bernardino County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 36 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 36 workings within 5 miles of Bloomington: 26 past producers, 9 producers, 1 occurrence. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General, Marble, Dimension. 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
Colton Cement PlantLimestone, General, Calcium, Cement RockProducer
Crestmore QuarryCement Rock, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Ormand QuarryGraniteProducerSurface
Slover Mountain QuarryCalcium, Marble, DimensionPast Producer
Hancock's Brick YardClayPast Producer
Riverside Cement CompanyLimestone, General, ClayPast Producer
Jensen's QuarryMarble, DimensionPast Producer
Jensens QuarryMarble, DimensionProducerMetamorphic
Avalon Street PitSand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Calif. Portland Cement Co.Limestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in San Bernardino County

Storms near this place

1 since 2024

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bloomington in 1 storm report in 2024: 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
February 2024FloodBloomington-In Bloomington, Locust Ave from 8th St to 11th St was closed due to flooding.

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
Crestmore1.8 miles39
Ailsa (historical)2.1 miles39
West Colton2.3 miles38
Fontana2.6 miles39
Rialto2.8 miles38
San Sevaine (historical)3.6 miles39
Rana4.2 miles38
Colton4.4 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 BloomingtonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q885396The 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 1656440. 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.