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Del Rosa, California

38 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the San Bernardino census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92404. It lies near Little Sand Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Harrison Mountain quadrangle.

Del Rosa 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 Del Rosa, surveyed 1996
Topographic sheet of Del Rosa, 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

1,291 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,291 fires within 5 miles of Del Rosa between 1992 and 2020, burning about 106,205 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 194 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/undetermined715
Arson/incendiarism194
Equipment and vehicle use186
Misuse of fire by a minor92
Smoking29
Debris and open burning28
Recreation and ceremony25
Natural13
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Fireworks2
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSan Bernardino Unitnot named
9 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Bernardino Unitnot named
9 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
9 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
9 September 2003Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSan Bernardino Unit9TH
8 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Bernardino UnitBASELINE ST HIGHLAND_CIT
8 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Bernardino UnitBASELINE 2
8 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSan Bernardino UnitBASELINE IC 2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Bernardino County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Del Rosa: 6 past producers, 4 producers, 1 unknown, 1 prospect. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, Dimension, Limestone, General, Geothermal. 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
Arrowhead Hot SpringGeothermalProducer
Bluebird-Pink Lady and Corky Deps.Tin, Tungsten, ManganeseProspect
San Bernadino PlantLimestone, GeneralProducer
Dolomite Ridge PlacerLimestone, DimensionUnknown
San Bernardino PlantLimestone, DimensionProducer
Alabama Street PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Fourth Street PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Plunge Creek PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Redlands Pit No. 1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
San Bernardino PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in San Bernardino County

Storms near this place

1 since 2023

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Del Rosa in 1 storm report in 2023: 1 heavy rain. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
January 2023Heavy RainDel Rosa-A trained spotter reported 1.78 inches of heavy rain occurring at their location through about 8 AM on the 1st.

Every storm 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
West Highlands0.9 miles38
Patton1.4 miles38
Valencia1.6 miles41
Amber Hills1.9 miles38
Harlem Springs2.1 miles39
Highland2.3 miles38
Arrowhead2.3 miles41
Arrowhead Springs2.8 miles41

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1660535. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.