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Los Serranos, California

39 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Ontario census division. It lies in ZIP code area 91709. It stands on Little Chino Creek. The Survey maps it on the Prado Dam quadrangle.

Los Serranos within San Bernardino County

Then and now

1901 to 1983

The same ground, surveyed 82 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Los Serranos, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Los Serranos, surveyed 1901

Topographic sheets covering this place

17 surveys from 39 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

159 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 159 fires within 5 miles of Los Serranos between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,768 acres in total. None 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/undetermined78
Equipment and vehicle use51
Arson/incendiarism9
Smoking9
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Debris and open burning3
Recreation and ceremony1

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 2005Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
9 September 1996Misuse of fire by a minor2.0 acresSan Bernardino UnitROCKET
7 September 2013Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Bernardino UnitPALERMO
7 September 1992Equipment and vehicle use508 acresSan Bernardino UnitPARK
5 September 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
4 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Bernardino UnitSPOT
30 September 1995Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresSan Bernardino UnitPAYTON
3 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Bernardino UnitSPOT3

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 Los Serranos: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, 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
Chino PlantClayProducer
ElmiraGoldPast Producer

Every working recorded in San Bernardino County

Storms near this place

1 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Los Serranos in 1 storm report in 2010: 1 flood. The reports record 1 death. 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 2010FloodLos Serranos1 killedNumerous streets in the Chino area were flooded with several inches or more of water after nearly a week of intense rainfall. A 67 year old woman from Pasadena drove her car around a barricade near Chino on Christmas night. The water was deep enough that her car floated about 150 feet down the road, then sank in 10 feet of water. A 39 year old man, owner of a nearby business, jumped into the water and broke the car's sunroof to pull the woman out. He attempted CPR, but she later died at a local hospital.

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
Boys Republic1.9 miles39
Chino2.9 miles43
Chino Hills3.1 miles43
Sleepy Hollow4.1 miles43
Narod6.0 miles43
Sunsweet6.1 miles43
Ontario6.9 miles43
Creekside7.2 miles41

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1660952. 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.