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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.

College Heights 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 College Heights, surveyed 1982
Topographic sheet of College Heights, surveyed 1897

Compare 1897 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

21 surveys from 47 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

433 since 1992

Regional 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/undetermined207
Arson/incendiarism85
Equipment and vehicle use42
Misuse of fire by a minor28
Smoking23
Debris and open burning15
Power generation/transmission/distribution9
Fireworks9
Recreation and ceremony9
Natural6

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
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 2020Debris and open burning1.0 acresLos Angeles County Fire Departmentnot named
5 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
5 September 2004Smokingunder an acreAngeles National ForestPALMER
4 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSan Bernardino Unitnot named
4 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLos Angeles County Fire Departmentnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Bernardino County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Eva CanyonGraphiteOccurrence
San Antonio Canyon CorundumCorundumOccurrence
Upland South PitSand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, SilverPast Producer
Marble CanyonTungstenOccurrence
Marble CanyonTungstenOccurrence
Pomona Brick CoClayProspectSedimentary
Unnamed LocationClayUnknown
Campus PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Claremont PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Upland PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working 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
Montclair2.0 miles43
North Ontario2.2 miles43
Upland2.3 miles43
Los Olivos2.6 miles46
Sunsweet3.2 miles43
Narod3.4 miles43
Ontario3.6 miles43
San Antonio Heights3.8 miles49

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.