Lucerne Valley, California
34 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Victorville-Hesperia census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92356. It lies near Strawberry Peak. The Survey maps it on the Lucerne Valley quadrangle. 5,331 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,953 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1901 to 1982The same ground, surveyed 81 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:
Population over time
2 figuresLucerne Valley fell from 5,811 to 5,331 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 5,811 | |
| 2020 | 5,331 | -480 (-8%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 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
- 1947 USGS Lucerne Valley quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1949 USGS Lucerne Valley quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:250000, 2 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
- 1971 USGS Lucerne Valley quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1982 USGS Big Bear Lake quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
135 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 135 fires within 5 miles of Lucerne Valley between 1992 and 2020, burning about 752 acres in total. 15 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 | 46 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 27 |
| Debris and open burning | 23 |
| Natural | 15 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 2006 | Smoking | under an acre | San Bernardino Unit | not named |
| 28 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Desert District | 48 |
| 28 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | San Bernardino Unit | AGATE RD / CRYSTAL CREEK |
| 27 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 24 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | San Bernardino Unit | TOPAZ |
| 21 September 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | San Bernardino Unit | CARSON ST / CUSTER AV |
| 17 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | San Bernardino Unit | CODY RD / SAGE ST |
| 15 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Lucerne Valley: 6 past producers, 1 producer, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Silver, Copper, Gold, Lead, Limestone, General, Marble, Dimension. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cushenbury Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Gold Point | Silver, Copper, Gold, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Hi-Grade Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Marble Canyon | Limestone, General, Marble, Dimension | Producer | Limestone, Marble | |
| Silver Reef Mine | Stone, Dimension | Unknown | ||
| Yellow Yucca | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Lucerne Plant | Limestone, General | Past Producer | ||
| Partin Quarry | Limestone, General | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fizzben Heights | 6.7 miles | 30 | |
| Cushenbury | 8.5 miles | 39 | |
| Oak Springs | 9.2 miles | 31 | |
| Thunderbird Ranches | 9.8 miles | 18 | |
| Lone Wolf Colony | 10.1 miles | 35 | |
| Ranchos del Oro | 10.4 miles | 35 | |
| Cotners Corner | 11.0 miles | 35 | |
| Fawnskin | 12.2 miles | 35 |
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 Lucerne Valley | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3458247 | 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 272271. 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.












