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Heart Bar Campground, California

34 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Big Bear census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92305. It lies near Big Meadows. The Survey maps it on the Moonridge quadrangle.

Heart Bar Campground within San Bernardino County

Then and now

1901 to 1996

The same ground, surveyed 95 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Heart Bar Campground, surveyed 1996
Topographic sheet of Heart Bar Campground, surveyed 1901

Compare 1901 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 34 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

229 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 229 fires within 5 miles of Heart Bar Campground between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,047 acres in total. 146 started naturally. 6 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
Natural146
Missing data/not specified/undetermined44
Recreation and ceremony18
Equipment and vehicle use7
Arson/incendiarism6
Smoking5
Debris and open burning2
Other causes1

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 ForestRADIO
9 September 1995Naturalunder an acreSan Bernardino National ForestMISSION
8 September 2015Naturalunder an acreSan Bernardino National ForestIRONWOOD
8 September 2015Naturalunder an acreSan Bernardino National ForestHEART
8 September 1996Naturalunder an acreSan Bernardino National ForestSNOW
7 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSan Bernardino National ForestFLAT
7 September 2006Naturalunder an acreSan Bernardino National ForestHEARTBAR 2
7 September 1996Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSan Bernardino National ForestSHAFT

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Bernardino County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Heart Bar Campground: 6 prospects, 3 past producers, 1 producer, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Graphite, Uranium, Lead, Silver. 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 Canyon QuarryStone, Crushed/Broken, GraphitePast Producer
Pasby-Strong ProspectGold, SilverProspect
Princess GraphiteGraphite, Gold, SilverProspect
Red Canyon Mercury ProspectMercuryOccurrence
Unnamed Mine ShaftGold, Lead, SilverProspect
Thum Bum BasinUraniumProducer
Thumbum MineUraniumPast Producer
Big BearGraphiteProspect
ErwinGoldPast Producer
ErwinGoldProspect

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
Woodlands6.0 miles34
Sugarloaf6.3 miles34
Moonridge6.4 miles34
The Pines (historical)6.5 miles36
Seven Oaks7.0 miles36
Big Bear City7.7 miles39
Baldwin Lake8.4 miles39
Forest Falls8.6 miles33

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.

Wikidata item Q122559435The 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 1652975. 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.