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Declez, California

39 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the San Bernardino census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92337. It stands on Meadow Upper Feeder. The Survey maps it on the Fontana quadrangle.

Declez within San Bernardino County

Then and now

1896 to 1982

The same ground, surveyed 86 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Declez, surveyed 1982
Topographic sheet of Declez, surveyed 1896

Compare 1896 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

17 surveys from 39 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

990 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 990 fires within 5 miles of Declez between 1992 and 2020, burning about 8,653 acres in total. None started naturally. 86 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/undetermined487
Equipment and vehicle use197
Smoking103
Arson/incendiarism86
Misuse of fire by a minor66
Debris and open burning24
Recreation and ceremony12
Railroad operations and maintenance8
Power generation/transmission/distribution7

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 2020Smokingunder an acreSan Bernardino Unitnot named
8 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresRiverside UnitTYROLITE ST / MISSION BL
8 September 1995Smokingunder an acreRiverside UnitSTATE 1497
8 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRiverside UnitLOCAL 15020
7 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
7 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined1,007 acresSan Bernardino National ForestRUNWAY
7 September 1993Smokingunder an acreRiverside UnitLOCAL
6 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionPYRITE ST / GRANITE HILL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Bernardino County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Declez: 10 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Marble, Dimension, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Feldspar. 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
Unnamed Stone DepositFeldspar, SilicaPast Producer
Fontana PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Philadelphia Recycling MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Glen Avon Limestone DepositMarble, DimensionPast Producer
Glen Avon QuarryMarble, DimensionProducerMetamorphic
Jensen's QuarryMarble, DimensionPast Producer
Jensens QuarryMarble, DimensionProducerMetamorphic
Declezville GranuliteStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Raney Borrow PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Stringfellow QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast 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
South Fontana0.3 miles39
San Sevaine (historical)1.1 miles39
Declezville1.4 miles39
Southridge Village1.7 miles39
Kaiser2.0 miles39
Etiwa (historical)2.1 miles41
Ailsa (historical)2.6 miles39
Fontana3.2 miles39

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 Q122554243The 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 1670933. 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.