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Crest Park, California

38 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Lake Arrowhead census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92352. It lies near Crest Summit. The Survey maps it on the Harrison Mountain quadrangle. It stands 5,630 feet above sea level.

Crest Park within San Bernardino County

Then and now

1899 to 1996

The same ground, surveyed 97 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Crest Park, surveyed 1996
Topographic sheet of Crest Park, surveyed 1899

Compare 1899 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

17 surveys from 38 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

571 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 571 fires within 5 miles of Crest Park between 1992 and 2020, burning about 73,662 acres in total. 35 started naturally. 32 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/undetermined248
Equipment and vehicle use78
Other causes44
Misuse of fire by a minor44
Recreation and ceremony39
Natural35
Arson/incendiarism32
Smoking26
Power generation/transmission/distribution13
Debris and open burning8
Fireworks3
Firearms and explosives use1

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 ProtectionEMERALD
9 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionFERN DR TWIN_PEAKS
9 September 2012Naturalunder an acreSan Bernardino National ForestDEEP
9 September 2009Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSan Bernardino National ForestSHORE
9 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Bernardino Unitnot named
8 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Bernardino National ForestSEELEY
8 September 1999Other causes1.0 acresSan Bernardino National ForestSPYGLASS
7 September 2014Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSan Bernardino National ForestTORREY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Bernardino County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Crest Park: 2 past producers, 1 prospect, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Limestone, Dimension, Feldspar, Mica, Silica. 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
Carmine ClaimGraniteUnknown
Heaps Peak QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Keystone and Lucky JimFeldspar, Mica, SilicaPast Producer
Old Quarry Nos. 1 and 2Gold, Silver, Limestone, DimensionProspect

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
Meadowbrook Woods0.3 miles38
Skyforest0.9 miles38
Lake Arrowhead1.1 miles38
Blue Jay1.1 miles38
Agua Fria1.2 miles38
Rimforest1.5 miles38
Twin Peaks2.0 miles38
Cedar Glen2.2 miles32

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 Crest ParkAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5184552The 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 1660521. 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.