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Chino, California

43 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Ontario census division. It lies in ZIP code area 91710. The Survey maps it on the Ontario quadrangle. 91,403 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 728 feet above sea level.

Chino within San Bernardino County

Then and now

1897 to 1982

The same ground, surveyed 85 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Chino, surveyed 1982
Topographic sheet of Chino, surveyed 1897

Compare 1897 against another survey:

On record in Chino

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 2 records

Population over time

2 figures

Chino grew from 77,983 to 91,403 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
201077,983
202091,403+13,420 (+17%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

18 surveys from 43 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

304 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 304 fires within 5 miles of Chino between 1992 and 2020, burning about 661 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 34 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/undetermined172
Equipment and vehicle use40
Arson/incendiarism34
Misuse of fire by a minor25
Smoking20
Debris and open burning9
Natural2
Recreation and ceremony1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Bernardino Unitnot named
9 September 2005Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
9 September 2005Smokingunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
9 September 1996Misuse of fire by a minor2.0 acresSan Bernardino UnitROCKET
7 September 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
6 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
5 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
5 September 2005Arson/incendiarismunder 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

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Chino: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, 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
Chino PlantClayProducer
ElmiraGoldPast Producer

Every working recorded in San Bernardino County

Storms near this place

16 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Chino in 16 storm reports between 1998 and 2023: 5 flood, 5 flash flood, 4 wildfire, 2 heavy rain. 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 2005Heavy RainChino$40,000,000no account filed
December 2002FloodChino$500,000no account filed
November 2003Flash FloodChino$100,000no account filed
November 2001FloodChino$70,000no account filed
November 2003Flash FloodChino$40,000no account filed
April 2003Heavy RainChino$40,000no account filed
October 2004Flash FloodChino$5,000A 50-year-old man had to be rescued from his truck near El Prado Golf Course when it was submerged up to its hood in flood waters.
March 2023Flash FloodChino-Very heavy rainfall occurred across the Inland Empire from the evening on March 14 through the morning on March 15. Rainfall of 2.00-3.50 fell, with local amounts up to 4 inches closer to the San Bernardino County Mountains. Flash flooding was reported early on the morning of March 15; firefighters responded to a vehicle in swift moving water, and the rescue was successful. Also, Grove Ave between Merrill Ave, Chino and Riverside Ave in Ontario saw 2 to 4 inches of running water covering the entire roadway. Kimball Ave in Chino between Quality Way and Euclid Ave were flooded with 2 to 4 inches of standing water.
May 2019Flash FloodChino-CalTrans reported numerous areas of highway 60 near Chino flooded out due to heavy rain.
August 2003WildfireChino-no account filed
July 2002WildfireChino-no account filed
July 2001WildfireChino-no account filed
August 2000WildfireChino-no account filed
January 1998FloodChino-no account filed
February 1998FloodChino-no account filed
February 1998FloodChino-no account filed

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
Boys Republic2.2 miles39
Los Serranos2.9 miles39
Narod3.2 miles43
Sunsweet3.3 miles43
Chino Hills3.9 miles43
Ontario4.1 miles43
Montclair4.5 miles43
Ballou5.0 miles41

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 ChinoAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q506395The 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 1660477. 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.