Etiwanda, California
48 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Ontario census division. It lies in ZIP code area 91739. The Survey maps it on the Cucamonga Peak quadrangle.
Then and now
1897 to 1996The same ground, surveyed 99 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:
On record in Etiwanda
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Pacific Electric Etiwanda Depotlisted 2011 · 0.0 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
17 surveys from 48 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 Cucamonga Peak quadrangle1:24000, 3 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 Cucamonga Peak quadrangle1:24000, 9 printings
- 1966 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:100000
- 1996 USGS Cucamonga Peak quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
226 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 226 fires within 5 miles of Etiwanda between 1992 and 2020, burning about 64,193 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 32 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 | 124 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 35 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 32 |
| Smoking | 17 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
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 |
| 9 September 1994 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 110 acres | San Bernardino National Forest | AMETHYST |
| 6 September 1995 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | San Bernardino Unit | BANYAN |
| 5 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | San Bernardino Unit | BULLOCK |
| 5 September 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | San Bernardino National Forest | not named |
| 5 September 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | San Bernardino Unit | SUMMIT |
| 29 September 1993 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 3.0 acres | San Bernardino Unit | ROCHESTER |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2022Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Etiwanda in 1 storm report in 2022: 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2022 | Heavy Rain | Etiwanda | - | Mesonet station LRAC1 Larson Ranch measured 2.83 inches of storm total rainfall. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| West End | 1.6 miles | 41 | |
| Grapeland | 2.1 miles | 48 | |
| Las Uvas (historical) | 2.5 miles | 48 | |
| Rochester | 2.7 miles | 41 | |
| Kaiser | 2.9 miles | 39 | |
| North Fontana | 3.4 miles | 41 | |
| North Cucamonga | 3.8 miles | 41 | |
| Rancho Cucamonga | 3.9 miles | 41 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 271083. 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.
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.
















