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Bryn Mawr, California

39 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the San Bernardino census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92354. It lies near Scott Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Redlands quadrangle. 213 people lived here at the 2000 count. It stands 1,049 feet above sea level.

Bryn Mawr 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 Bryn Mawr, surveyed 1996
Topographic sheet of Bryn Mawr, surveyed 1899

Compare 1899 against another survey:

On record in Bryn Mawr

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 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

16 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

837 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 837 fires within 5 miles of Bryn Mawr between 1992 and 2020, burning about 10,856 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 98 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/undetermined449
Equipment and vehicle use128
Arson/incendiarism98
Misuse of fire by a minor72
Smoking41
Debris and open burning28
Recreation and ceremony11
Natural4
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Railroad operations and maintenance2

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
9 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
9 September 2003Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSan Bernardino Unit9TH
9 September 1996Railroad operations and maintenance293 acresSan Bernardino UnitCANYON
8 September 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreSan Bernardino UnitGOLFBALL
7 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Bernardino Unitnot named
7 September 2006Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresRiverside UnitCHAMOMILE INC
7 September 1993Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresSan Bernardino UnitRAILROAD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Bernardino County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Bryn Mawr: 10 past producers, 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Mercury, Silica. 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
City CreekMercuryOccurrence
Santa Ana River PitSilicaPast Producer
Alabama Street PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Old Webster PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Plunge Creek PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
RedlandsSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Redlands PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Redlands PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Redlands Pit No. 1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Redlands Pit No. 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in San Bernardino County

Storms near this place

2 since 2014

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bryn Mawr in 2 storm reports between 2014 and 2016: 2 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
January 2016FloodBryn Mawr-CHP reported the Devore Road off-ramp from I-215 was closed due to flooding, as well as boulders blocking the down-bound lanes of Highway 18 south of Crestline. Broadcast media reported San Timoteo Canyon Road closed south of Redlands because of a mud and rock slide.
December 2014FloodBryn Mawr-CHP reported flooding and mud at San Timoteo Canyon Road and Live Oak Canyon Road.

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
Nevada1.4 miles39
Loma Linda1.6 miles38
Mound City (historical)1.9 miles38
Victoria2.1 miles38
North Loma Linda2.1 miles38
Marigold2.1 miles39
Crown Jewel2.3 miles39
Smiley Heights2.4 miles39

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 Bryn MawrAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q4980886The 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 255377. 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.