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Keenbrook, California

41 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Mount Baldy-Wrightwood census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92407. It lies near Ruddell Hill. The Survey maps it on the Devore quadrangle.

Keenbrook within San Bernardino County

Then and now

1896 to 1996

The same ground, surveyed 100 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Keenbrook, surveyed 1996
Topographic sheet of Keenbrook, surveyed 1896

Compare 1896 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

19 surveys from 41 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

814 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 814 fires within 5 miles of Keenbrook between 1992 and 2020, burning about 66,619 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 70 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
Equipment and vehicle use311
Missing data/not specified/undetermined300
Arson/incendiarism70
Recreation and ceremony35
Railroad operations and maintenance26
Smoking18
Natural13
Power generation/transmission/distribution11
Debris and open burning10
Misuse of fire by a minor10
Fireworks7
Other causes2
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 2011Smokingunder an acreSan Bernardino National ForestOVERPASS
9 September 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Bernardino National ForestFEDEX
9 September 2001Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Bernardino National ForestMATHEWS
9 September 2001Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSan Bernardino National ForestARIZONA
9 September 2000Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreSan Bernardino National ForestHOG
8 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresSan Bernardino National ForestLYTLE
7 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Bernardino National ForestHEROES
7 September 2000Naturalunder an acreSan Bernardino National ForestZAPPA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Bernardino County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Keenbrook: 9 prospects, 4 occurrences, 2 unknowns, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Zinc, 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
Bob Cat LodeCopper, Gold, ZincProspect
Brown ProspectGold, SilverProspect
Deer Tick Nos. 1-8Talc-Soapstone, Asbestos, MicaUnknown
Flying W Ranch ManganeseManganeseOccurrence
Marble Heart Consolidated PlacerLimestone, GeneralOccurrence
SalamanderREEOccurrence
Smith Family Mining ClaimGold, Graphite, ClayUnknown
White QueenLimestone, DimensionOccurrence
California-Hercules MineZinc, Lead, SilverProspect
Califrnia-Hercules MillsiteZinc, Lead, SilverPast Producer

Every working recorded in San Bernardino County

Storms near this place

7 since 2016

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Keenbrook in 7 storm reports between 2016 and 2026: 5 flood, 2 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
December 2025FloodKeenbrook$1,500,000Numerous homes across various communities in Lytle Creek experienced flash flooding and feet of mud/debris in and around the properties. Media reported about 30 homes were red tagged - deemed unsafe to inhabit.
February 2017Flash FloodKeenbrook$10,000Flood waters in the Cajon Pass submerged a vehicle along Keenbrook Rd. Three swift water rescues were conduced with no injuries reported.
March 2023FloodKeenbrook$5,000A swiftwater rescue was needed near Cajon Boulevard and Swarthout Canyon Road after a vehicle tried to cross high water and got swept away in the current. The vehicle was swept approximately 100 yards down the river and was not recoverable.
December 2016FloodKeenbrook$5,000Swarthout Canyon Rd. was closed due to flooding, this is a re-occurring issue.
February 2026Flash FloodKeenbrook-San Bernardino county fire reports a driver tried to cross Keenbrooke Road, which had about 4 feet of fast moving water moving over it. The truck continued to slowly be taken over by flood waters with the driver on the roof. The driver fell in.
February 2026FloodKeenbrook-San Bernardino county department of public works reported Keenbrook Road was closed near its intersection with Cajon Blvd due to flooding from Cajon Wash. Stations in the vicinity recorded about 1.5-2 inches of rain in 6 hours.
February 2024FloodKeenbrook-A swiftwater rescue was conducted at Keenbrook Road just west of Cajon Blvd near Cajon Wash. A car drove through a flooded roadway and became submerged in floodwaters. Three occupants were trapped up in a tree.

Every storm 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
Cosy Dell2.0 miles32
Scotland2.2 miles41
Lytle Creek2.4 miles33
Devore Heights2.4 miles41
Cajon3.4 miles32
Devore3.7 miles41
Cajon Junction4.4 miles32
Nealeys Corner4.4 miles41

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 Q122550721The 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 1656552. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.