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.
Then and now
1896 to 1982The 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.


Compare 1896 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
17 surveys from 39 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.
- 1896 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:62500
- 1898 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:62500
- 1901 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:62500, 8 printings
- 1901 USGS Southern California Sheet No. 1 quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1904 USGS Southern California Sheet No. 1 quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1942 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Fontana quadrangle1:31680, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Fontana quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:62500, 2 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 Fontana quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1982 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
990 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 487 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 197 |
| Smoking | 103 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 86 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 66 |
| Debris and open burning | 24 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 12 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 8 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7 |
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 | Smoking | under an acre | San Bernardino Unit | not named |
| 8 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Riverside Unit | TYROLITE ST / MISSION BL |
| 8 September 1995 | Smoking | under an acre | Riverside Unit | STATE 1497 |
| 8 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Riverside Unit | LOCAL 15020 |
| 7 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 7 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,007 acres | San Bernardino National Forest | RUNWAY |
| 7 September 1993 | Smoking | under an acre | Riverside Unit | LOCAL |
| 6 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | PYRITE ST / GRANITE HILL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 13 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Stone Deposit | Feldspar, Silica | Past Producer | ||
| Fontana Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Philadelphia Recycling Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Glen Avon Limestone Deposit | Marble, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Glen Avon Quarry | Marble, Dimension | Producer | Metamorphic | |
| Jensen's Quarry | Marble, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Jensens Quarry | Marble, Dimension | Producer | Metamorphic | |
| Declezville Granulite | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Raney Borrow Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Stringfellow Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Fontana | 0.3 miles | 39 | |
| San Sevaine (historical) | 1.1 miles | 39 | |
| Declezville | 1.4 miles | 39 | |
| Southridge Village | 1.7 miles | 39 | |
| Kaiser | 2.0 miles | 39 | |
| Etiwa (historical) | 2.1 miles | 41 | |
| Ailsa (historical) | 2.6 miles | 39 | |
| Fontana | 3.2 miles | 39 |
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 Q122554243 | The 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.
















