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East Colton Heights, California

38 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 92324. It lies near Reche Canyon. The Survey maps it on the San Bernardino South quadrangle.

East Colton Heights 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 East Colton Heights, surveyed 1982
Topographic sheet of East Colton Heights, surveyed 1896

Compare 1896 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

19 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

725 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 725 fires within 5 miles of East Colton Heights between 1992 and 2020, burning about 12,750 acres in total. 1 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/undetermined433
Equipment and vehicle use100
Arson/incendiarism86
Misuse of fire by a minor45
Smoking30
Debris and open burning22
Recreation and ceremony6
Railroad operations and maintenance2
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 Protectionnot named
9 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
8 September 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreSan Bernardino UnitGOLFBALL
7 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Bernardino Unitnot named
7 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
7 September 2006Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresRiverside UnitCHAMOMILE INC
7 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
7 September 1993Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresSan Bernardino UnitRAILROAD

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 East Colton Heights: 12 past producers, 5 producers, 1 occurrence. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General, Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
City CreekMercuryOccurrence
Colton Cement PlantLimestone, General, Calcium, Cement RockProducer
Hancock's Brick YardClayPast Producer
Santa Ana River PitSilicaPast Producer
Slover Mountain QuarryCalcium, Marble, DimensionPast Producer
Sugar Loaf PitGraniteProducer
Sugar Loaf PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Calif. Portland Cement Co.Limestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Colton DepositLimestone, GeneralPast Producer
Bloomington PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast 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
Grand Terrace1.3 miles38
Mound City (historical)1.8 miles38
Colton1.9 miles38
Loma Linda2.0 miles38
Bethune2.2 miles38
Bunker Hill2.3 miles38
Valley Gardens2.6 miles38
North Loma Linda2.7 miles38

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 Q122560532The 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 1670935. 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.