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.
Then and now
1896 to 1982The 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.


Compare 1896 against another survey:
Population over time
2 figuresBloomington 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 23,851 | |
| 2020 | 24,339 | +488 (+2%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
17 surveys from 39 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.
- 1896 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:62500
- 1898 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:62500
- 1901 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:62500, 8 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 San Bernardino quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Fontana quadrangle1:31680, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Fontana quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Fontana quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1982 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
985 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 547 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 155 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 147 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 53 |
| Smoking | 46 |
| Debris and open burning | 17 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 12 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 8 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Riverside Unit | LOCAL 15020 |
| 7 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 7 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 7 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 7 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,007 acres | San Bernardino National Forest | RUNWAY |
| 6 September 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | San Bernardino Unit | not named |
| 6 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | 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 36 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colton Cement Plant | Limestone, General, Calcium, Cement Rock | Producer | ||
| Crestmore Quarry | Cement Rock, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Ormand Quarry | Granite | Producer | Surface | |
| Slover Mountain Quarry | Calcium, Marble, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Hancock's Brick Yard | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Riverside Cement Company | Limestone, General, Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Jensen's Quarry | Marble, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Jensens Quarry | Marble, Dimension | Producer | Metamorphic | |
| Avalon Street Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Calif. Portland Cement Co. | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
Storms near this place
1 since 2024Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2024 | Flood | Bloomington | - | In Bloomington, Locust Ave from 8th St to 11th St was closed due to flooding. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crestmore | 1.8 miles | 39 | |
| Ailsa (historical) | 2.1 miles | 39 | |
| West Colton | 2.3 miles | 38 | |
| Fontana | 2.6 miles | 39 | |
| Rialto | 2.8 miles | 38 | |
| San Sevaine (historical) | 3.6 miles | 39 | |
| Rana | 4.2 miles | 38 | |
| Colton | 4.4 miles | 38 |
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 Bloomington | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q885396 | 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 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.
















