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Green Valley Lake, California

35 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Big Bear census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92341. It lies near Inspiration Point. The Survey maps it on the Keller Peak quadrangle. It stands 6,939 feet above sea level.

Green Valley Lake within San Bernardino County

Then and now

1899 to 1996

The same ground, surveyed 97 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Green Valley Lake, surveyed 1996
Topographic sheet of Green Valley Lake, surveyed 1899

Compare 1899 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 35 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

251 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 251 fires within 5 miles of Green Valley Lake between 1992 and 2020, burning about 94,204 acres in total. 47 started naturally. 9 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/undetermined90
Natural47
Recreation and ceremony27
Misuse of fire by a minor21
Equipment and vehicle use20
Other causes16
Smoking13
Arson/incendiarism9
Fireworks3
Debris and open burning2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Firearms and explosives use1

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 2015Naturalunder an acreSan Bernardino National ForestSNOWED
9 September 2012Naturalunder an acreSan Bernardino National ForestWAGON WHEEL
9 September 2012Naturalunder an acreSan Bernardino National ForestDEEP
8 September 2013Naturalunder an acreSan Bernardino National ForestBUTLER
8 September 1994Recreation and ceremony30 acresSan Bernardino National Forestnot named
8 September 1992Smokingunder an acreSan Bernardino National Forestnot named
6 September 2006Naturalunder an acreSan Bernardino National ForestSNOW
6 September 2000Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSan Bernardino National ForestCRAB

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Bernardino County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Green Valley Lake: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Gold. 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
Green Lead MineGoldPast Producer
Heaps Peak QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast 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
Arrowbear Lake2.1 miles35
Running Springs2.8 miles35
Smiley Park4.0 miles38
Fredalba4.0 miles38
Cedar Glen4.7 miles32
Skyforest5.4 miles38
Lake Arrowhead6.0 miles38
North Shore6.0 miles32

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.

Wikipedia article on Green Valley LakeAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5603383The 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 1660697. 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.