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Devore Heights, California

41 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the San Bernardino census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92407. It lies near Kimbark Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Devore quadrangle.

Devore Heights within San Bernardino County

Then and now

1896 to 1996

The same ground, surveyed 100 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Devore Heights, surveyed 1996
Topographic sheet of Devore Heights, surveyed 1896

Compare 1896 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

19 surveys from 41 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

757 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 757 fires within 5 miles of Devore Heights between 1992 and 2020, burning about 65,057 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 70 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
Equipment and vehicle use285
Missing data/not specified/undetermined281
Arson/incendiarism70
Railroad operations and maintenance31
Recreation and ceremony26
Smoking14
Debris and open burning12
Power generation/transmission/distribution10
Misuse of fire by a minor10
Natural9
Fireworks5
Other causes3
Firearms and explosives use1

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 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Bernardino National ForestFEDEX
9 September 2001Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Bernardino National ForestMATHEWS
9 September 2000Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreSan Bernardino National ForestHOG
7 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Bernardino National ForestHEROES
7 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Bernardino National Forestnot named
7 September 1993Smokingunder an acreSan Bernardino UnitDIVIDER
6 September 1996Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Bernardino National ForestRALPH
6 September 1994Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSan Bernardino National Forestnot 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 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Devore Heights: 6 prospects, 4 occurrences, 1 past producer, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Manganese. 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
Bob Cat LodeCopper, Gold, ZincProspect
Deer Tick Nos. 1-8Talc-Soapstone, Asbestos, MicaUnknown
Flying W Ranch ManganeseManganeseOccurrence
Lytle Creek Pit BSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Marble Heart Consolidated PlacerLimestone, GeneralOccurrence
SalamanderREEOccurrence
White QueenLimestone, DimensionOccurrence
Bonita ProspectGold, SilverProspect
Martin Quartz ProspectGold, SilverProspect
Sierra De Oro ProspectGold, SilverProspect

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
Devore1.6 miles41
Keenbrook2.4 miles41
Cosy Dell3.5 miles32
Nealeys Corner3.7 miles41
Verdemont4.0 miles41
University Heights4.3 miles41
Scotland4.4 miles41
Lytle Creek4.7 miles33

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 Q122590513The 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 270869. 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.