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.
Then and now
1901 to 1996The 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.


Compare 1901 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 34 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.
- 1901 USGS Southern California Sheet No. 1 quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1902 USGS San Gorgonio quadrangle1:125000, 8 printings
- 1904 USGS Southern California Sheet No. 1 quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS San Gorgonio Mountain quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1956 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Moonridge quadrangle1:24000
- 1959 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Moonridge quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1982 USGS Big Bear Lake quadrangle1:100000
- 1996 USGS Moonridge quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
229 since 1992Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 146 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 44 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 18 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 | RADIO |
| 9 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | San Bernardino National Forest | MISSION |
| 8 September 2015 | Natural | under an acre | San Bernardino National Forest | IRONWOOD |
| 8 September 2015 | Natural | under an acre | San Bernardino National Forest | HEART |
| 8 September 1996 | Natural | under an acre | San Bernardino National Forest | SNOW |
| 7 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | San Bernardino National Forest | FLAT |
| 7 September 2006 | Natural | under an acre | San Bernardino National Forest | HEARTBAR 2 |
| 7 September 1996 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | San Bernardino National Forest | SHAFT |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 11 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Green Canyon Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Graphite | Past Producer | ||
| Pasby-Strong Prospect | Gold, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Princess Graphite | Graphite, Gold, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Red Canyon Mercury Prospect | Mercury | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Mine Shaft | Gold, Lead, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Thum Bum Basin | Uranium | Producer | ||
| Thumbum Mine | Uranium | Past Producer | ||
| Big Bear | Graphite | Prospect | ||
| Erwin | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Erwin | Gold | Prospect |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodlands | 6.0 miles | 34 | |
| Sugarloaf | 6.3 miles | 34 | |
| Moonridge | 6.4 miles | 34 | |
| The Pines (historical) | 6.5 miles | 36 | |
| Seven Oaks | 7.0 miles | 36 | |
| Big Bear City | 7.7 miles | 39 | |
| Baldwin Lake | 8.4 miles | 39 | |
| Forest Falls | 8.6 miles | 33 |
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 Q122559435 | 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 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.













