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Cotners Corner, California

35 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Victorville-Hesperia census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92308. The Survey maps it on the Apple Valley South quadrangle.

Cotners Corner within San Bernardino County

Then and now

1901 to 1982

The same ground, surveyed 81 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Cotners Corner, surveyed 1982
Topographic sheet of Cotners Corner, surveyed 1901

Compare 1901 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 35 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

247 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 247 fires within 5 miles of Cotners Corner between 1992 and 2019, burning about 734 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 27 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/undetermined134
Arson/incendiarism27
Equipment and vehicle use26
Debris and open burning17
Natural14
Misuse of fire by a minor13
Smoking9
Recreation and ceremony3
Other causes1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Fireworks1

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 1993Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresSan Bernardino UnitSAGEBRUSH
9 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Bernardino UnitASSIST
8 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Bernardino UnitVIENTO
7 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
5 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
30 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Bernardino UnitROUND UP WY / KIOWA RD
30 September 2008Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
30 September 1992Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreSan Bernardino UnitSANTA FE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Bernardino 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 Cotners Corner: 3 occurrences, 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper, Montmorillonite, Clay. 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
EleanorGoldOccurrence
Lif PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Lytle CreekCopperOccurrence
Ord Mountains DolomiteMagnesite, DolomiteOccurrence
Robertson Clay MineMontmorillonite, ClayProducer

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
Lone Wolf Colony0.8 miles35
Ranchos del Oro1.5 miles35
Apple Valley2.2 miles21
Sunset Hills3.2 miles35
Mariana Ranchos3.5 miles35
Thunderbird Ranches4.5 miles18
Spring Valley Lake5.3 miles29
Fizzben Heights5.5 miles30

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.

Wikidata item Q122562863The 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 240965. 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.