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Cherry Valley, California

45 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the San Gorgonio Pass census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92223. It lies near Cherry Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Beaumont quadrangle. 6,509 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,822 feet above sea level.

Cherry Valley within Riverside County

Then and now

1901 to 1996

The same ground, surveyed 95 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Cherry Valley, surveyed 1996
Topographic sheet of Cherry Valley, surveyed 1901

Compare 1901 against another survey:

Population over time

2 figures

Cherry Valley grew from 6,362 to 6,509 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
20106,362
20206,509+147 (+2%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 45 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

1,117 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,117 fires within 5 miles of Cherry Valley between 1992 and 2020, burning about 55,076 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 130 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/undetermined527
Equipment and vehicle use240
Arson/incendiarism130
Smoking84
Misuse of fire by a minor61
Debris and open burning38
Power generation/transmission/distribution15
Natural13
Recreation and ceremony9

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 ProtectionFREEWAY
9 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionRAMSEY
9 September 2012Arson/incendiarismunder an acreRiverside UnitW WILLIAMS ST / MORONGO A
9 September 2007Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictUNNAMED FIRE 2720
9 September 2000Equipment and vehicle use475 acresRiverside UnitBLACK RANCH
9 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined175 acresSan Bernardino National ForestBLACKS RANCH
9 September 1994Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreRiverside UnitSCHOOL
8 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresRiverside UnitW OAK VALLEY PY / POTRERO

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Riverside County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Cherry Valley: 2 past producers, 2 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Geothermal, Copper, Gold, 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
Highland SpringsGeothermalProducer
Pauper's Dream and QuiduncCopper, GoldOccurrenceVein
Pauper's Dream and Quindunc GroupGold, CopperOccurrence
Banning PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Riverside 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
Highland Springs1.9 miles45
Nicklin2.8 miles38
Beaumont3.0 miles45
Hinda4.5 miles38
Calimesa5.0 miles36
Banning6.2 miles45
Eden Hot Springs6.7 miles38
El Casco7.5 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 Cherry ValleyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3296026The 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 1660476. 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.