Etiwa, California
41 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the San Bernardino census division. It lies in ZIP code area 91761. It stands on East Etiwanda Creek. The Survey maps it on the Guasti quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Then and now
1897 to 1982The same ground, surveyed 85 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1897 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
16 surveys from 41 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1897 USGS Cucamonga quadrangle1:62500
- 1900 USGS Cucamonga quadrangle1:62500
- 1901 USGS Southern California Sheet No. 1 quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1903 USGS Cucamonga quadrangle1:62500, 11 printings
- 1904 USGS Southern California Sheet No. 1 quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1944 USGS Cucamonga quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Guasti quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Ontario quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1956 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Guasti quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1966 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
670 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 670 fires within 5 miles of Etiwa (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 7,357 acres in total. None started naturally. 51 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/undetermined | 355 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 126 |
| Smoking | 66 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 51 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 34 |
| Debris and open burning | 21 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2020 | Smoking | under an acre | San Bernardino Unit | not named |
| 9 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | San Bernardino Unit | not named |
| 8 September 1995 | Smoking | under an acre | Riverside Unit | LOCAL 15148 |
| 7 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 7 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,007 acres | San Bernardino National Forest | RUNWAY |
| 7 September 1993 | Smoking | under an acre | Riverside Unit | LOCAL |
| 6 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | PYRITE ST / GRANITE HILL |
| 6 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Riverside Unit | HAMNER |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Etiwa (historical): 6 past producers, 2 producers. 2 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Recycling Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Stone Deposit | Feldspar, Silica | Past Producer | ||
| Glen Avon Limestone Deposit | Marble, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Glen Avon Quarry | Marble, Dimension | Producer | Metamorphic | |
| Declezville Granulite | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Stringfellow Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Fontana | 1.9 miles | 39 | |
| Declez | 2.1 miles | 39 | |
| Rochester | 2.2 miles | 41 | |
| Southridge Village | 2.5 miles | 39 | |
| Declezville | 2.7 miles | 39 | |
| Kaiser | 2.7 miles | 39 | |
| Champagne | 2.9 miles | 41 | |
| San Sevaine (historical) | 3.2 miles | 39 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1670937. 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.















