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Desert Knolls Manor, California

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Victorville-Hesperia census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92307. It lies near Catholic Hill. The Survey maps it on the Apple Valley North quadrangle.

Desert Knolls Manor within San Bernardino County

Then and now

1932 to 1982

The same ground, surveyed 50 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Desert Knolls Manor, surveyed 1982
Topographic sheet of Desert Knolls Manor, surveyed 1932

Compare 1932 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 21 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

236 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 236 fires within 5 miles of Desert Knolls Manor between 1992 and 2020, burning about 468 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 30 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/undetermined148
Arson/incendiarism30
Equipment and vehicle use28
Misuse of fire by a minor10
Debris and open burning8
Smoking4
Natural3
Recreation and ceremony2
Fireworks1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
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
8 September 1992Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictSTODDARD 3
5 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictSTODDARD
5 September 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSan Bernardino Unitnot named
5 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
4 September 1992Debris and open burningunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictBELL
30 September 2008Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
30 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
3 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia 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 31 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 31 workings within 5 miles of Desert Knolls Manor: 22 past producers, 3 occurrences, 3 prospects, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Granite, Gold, Copper. 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
ConchaGold, LeadOccurrence
Copper MountainGold, Silver, CopperOccurrenceVein
Feldspar MineFeldsparPast Producer
H and P Limestone QuarryLimestone, DimensionUnknown
Martre White Pit and MillSilicaPast Producer
MillionaireSilver, Copper, Gold, LeadOccurrence
Riverside Cement Co. DepositLimestone, General, ClayPast Producer
Victorville PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Victorville PlantCalciumProducer
Blue JacketSilver, CopperPast 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
Desert Knolls2.0 miles24
Bellevue Heights2.2 miles24
Victorville2.5 miles24
Leon3.1 miles24
Frost3.2 miles24
Valley High North3.2 miles24
Greentree East3.6 miles24
Sunset Hills4.1 miles35

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 Q122554057The 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 1841642. 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.