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.
Then and now
1899 to 1996The 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.


Compare 1899 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
15 surveys from 35 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.
- 1899 USGS Redlands quadrangle1:62500
- 1901 USGS Redlands quadrangle1:62500, 9 printings
- 1901 USGS Southern California Sheet No. 1 quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1904 USGS Southern California Sheet No. 1 quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Keller Peak quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Redlands quadrangle1:62500, 3 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 San Bernardino quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Keller Peak quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1982 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:100000
- 1996 USGS Keller Peak quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
251 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 90 |
| Natural | 47 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 27 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 21 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 20 |
| Other causes | 16 |
| Smoking | 13 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 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 2015 | Natural | under an acre | San Bernardino National Forest | SNOWED |
| 9 September 2012 | Natural | under an acre | San Bernardino National Forest | WAGON WHEEL |
| 9 September 2012 | Natural | under an acre | San Bernardino National Forest | DEEP |
| 8 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | San Bernardino National Forest | BUTLER |
| 8 September 1994 | Recreation and ceremony | 30 acres | San Bernardino National Forest | not named |
| 8 September 1992 | Smoking | under an acre | San Bernardino National Forest | not named |
| 6 September 2006 | Natural | under an acre | San Bernardino National Forest | SNOW |
| 6 September 2000 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | San Bernardino National Forest | CRAB |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Lead Mine | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Heaps Peak 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arrowbear Lake | 2.1 miles | 35 | |
| Running Springs | 2.8 miles | 35 | |
| Smiley Park | 4.0 miles | 38 | |
| Fredalba | 4.0 miles | 38 | |
| Cedar Glen | 4.7 miles | 32 | |
| Skyforest | 5.4 miles | 38 | |
| Lake Arrowhead | 6.0 miles | 38 | |
| North Shore | 6.0 miles | 32 |
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 Lake | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5603383 | The 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.














