College Heights, California
47 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 91786. The Survey maps it on the Ontario quadrangle.
Then and now
1897 to 1982The 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.


Compare 1897 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
21 surveys from 47 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.
- 1897 USGS Cucamonga quadrangle1:62500
- 1900 USGS Cucamonga quadrangle1:62500
- 1901 USGS Southern California Sheet No. 1 quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1903 USGS Cucamonga quadrangle1:62500, 11 printings
- 1904 USGS Southern California Sheet No. 1 quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1933 USGS La Verne and Evey Canyon quadrangle1:24000
- 1933 USGS Ontario quadrangle1:31680
- 1940 USGS Evey Canyon quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1940 USGS Evey Canyon quadrangle1:20000
- 1942 USGS Ontario and Vicinity quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1944 USGS Cucamonga quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Ontario quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Ontario quadrangle1:62500, 5 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 Ontario quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1982 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
433 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 433 fires within 5 miles of College Heights between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,853 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 85 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 | 207 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 85 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 42 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 28 |
| Smoking | 23 |
| Debris and open burning | 15 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 9 |
| Fireworks | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Natural | 6 |
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 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | San Bernardino Unit | not named |
| 7 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 6 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 5 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Los Angeles County Fire Department | not named |
| 5 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 5 September 2004 | Smoking | under an acre | Angeles National Forest | PALMER |
| 4 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | San Bernardino Unit | not named |
| 4 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Los Angeles County Fire Department | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 14 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of College Heights: 8 past producers, 4 occurrences, 1 prospect, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Tungsten, Gold, Silver. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eva Canyon | Graphite | Occurrence | ||
| San Antonio Canyon Corundum | Corundum | Occurrence | ||
| Upland South Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Marble Canyon | Tungsten | Occurrence | ||
| Marble Canyon | Tungsten | Occurrence | ||
| Pomona Brick Co | Clay | Prospect | Sedimentary | |
| Unnamed Location | Clay | Unknown | ||
| Campus Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Claremont Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Upland Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Montclair | 2.0 miles | 43 | |
| North Ontario | 2.2 miles | 43 | |
| Upland | 2.3 miles | 43 | |
| Los Olivos | 2.6 miles | 46 | |
| Sunsweet | 3.2 miles | 43 | |
| Narod | 3.4 miles | 43 | |
| Ontario | 3.6 miles | 43 | |
| San Antonio Heights | 3.8 miles | 49 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1660502. 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.




















