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Declezville, 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. The Survey maps it on the Fontana quadrangle. It stands 938 feet above sea level.

Declezville 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 Declezville, surveyed 1982
Topographic sheet of Declezville, 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

1,444 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,444 fires within 5 miles of Declezville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 10,886 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 145 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/undetermined694
Equipment and vehicle use287
Arson/incendiarism145
Smoking143
Misuse of fire by a minor97
Debris and open burning41
Recreation and ceremony19
Power generation/transmission/distribution9
Railroad operations and maintenance8
Natural1

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 ProtectionSKYLOFT DR JRPV
8 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRiverside UnitEL PALOMINO DR JRPV
8 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresRiverside UnitLIMONITE
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 2017Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionLIMONITE AV / PEDLEY RD
7 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot 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 18 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Declezville: 14 past producers, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Marble, Dimension, Feldspar, 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
Ormand QuarryGraniteProducerSurface
Fontana PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Philadelphia Recycling MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Stone & Alexander QuarryFeldspar, SilicaPast Producer
Unnamed Stone DepositFeldspar, SilicaPast Producer
Glen Avon Limestone DepositMarble, DimensionPast Producer
Glen Avon QuarryMarble, DimensionProducerMetamorphic
Jensen's QuarryMarble, DimensionPast Producer
Jensens QuarryMarble, DimensionProducerMetamorphic
Declezville GranuliteStone, 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
Southridge Village0.5 miles39
South Fontana1.3 miles39
Declez1.4 miles39
San Sevaine (historical)1.7 miles39
Etiwa (historical)2.7 miles41
Ailsa (historical)2.9 miles39
Kaiser3.4 miles39
Fontana4.1 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.

Wikipedia article on DeclezvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5249502The 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 1656478. 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.