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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.

Etiwanda within San Bernardino County

Then and now

1897 to 1996

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Etiwanda, surveyed 1996
Topographic sheet of Etiwanda, surveyed 1897

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.

Topographic sheets covering this place

17 surveys from 48 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

226 since 1992

Regional 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/undetermined124
Equipment and vehicle use35
Arson/incendiarism32
Smoking17
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Recreation and ceremony4
Debris and open burning3
Fireworks1
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 2020Smokingunder an acreSan Bernardino Unitnot named
9 September 2011Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSan Bernardino Unitnot named
9 September 1994Misuse of fire by a minor110 acresSan Bernardino National ForestAMETHYST
6 September 1995Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresSan Bernardino UnitBANYAN
5 September 1995Debris and open burning3.0 acresSan Bernardino UnitBULLOCK
5 September 1992Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresSan Bernardino National Forestnot named
5 September 1992Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresSan Bernardino UnitSUMMIT
29 September 1993Misuse of fire by a minor3.0 acresSan Bernardino UnitROCHESTER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Bernardino County

Storms near this place

1 since 2022

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 2022Heavy RainEtiwanda-Mesonet station LRAC1 Larson Ranch measured 2.83 inches of storm total rainfall.

Every storm 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
West End1.6 miles41
Grapeland2.1 miles48
Las Uvas (historical)2.5 miles48
Rochester2.7 miles41
Kaiser2.9 miles39
North Fontana3.4 miles41
North Cucamonga3.8 miles41
Rancho Cucamonga3.9 miles41

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.