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Garden Park, 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 92408. It stands on City Creek. The Survey maps it on the San Bernardino South quadrangle.

Garden Park 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 Garden Park, surveyed 1982
Topographic sheet of Garden Park, 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

1,375 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,375 fires within 5 miles of Garden Park between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,839 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 185 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/undetermined850
Arson/incendiarism185
Equipment and vehicle use136
Misuse of fire by a minor100
Smoking44
Debris and open burning37
Recreation and ceremony13
Natural6
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSan Bernardino Unitnot named
9 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Bernardino Unitnot named
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
9 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
9 September 2003Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSan Bernardino Unit9TH
8 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Bernardino UnitBASELINE ST HIGHLAND_CIT
8 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Bernardino UnitBASELINE 2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Bernardino County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 24 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 24 workings within 5 miles of Garden Park: 17 past producers, 6 producers, 1 occurrence. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General, Calcium, Marble, Dimension. 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
Arrowhead Hot SpringGeothermalProducer
City CreekMercuryOccurrence
Colton Cement PlantLimestone, General, Calcium, Cement RockProducer
San Bernardino PlantLimestone, DimensionProducer
Santa Ana River PitSilicaPast Producer
Slover Mountain QuarryCalcium, Marble, DimensionPast Producer
Calif. Portland Cement Co.Limestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Colton DepositLimestone, GeneralPast Producer
San Bernadino PlantLimestone, GeneralProducer
Alabama Street PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

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
Valley Gardens0.8 miles38
Cottage Gardens1.1 miles38
Warm Springs1.2 miles38
North Norton1.4 miles38
Victoria1.5 miles38
North Loma Linda1.5 miles38
San Bernardino1.6 miles38
Marigold1.7 miles39

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1670938. 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.