Lytle Creek, California
33 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Mount Baldy-Wrightwood census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92358. It stands on Sheep Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cajon quadrangle. 725 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 3,419 feet above sea level.
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:
Population over time
2 figuresLytle Creek grew from 701 to 725 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 | 701 | |
| 2020 | 725 | +24 (+3%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 33 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
- 1903 USGS San Antonio quadrangle1:62500, 7 printings
- 1904 USGS Southern California Sheet No. 1 quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1942 USGS San Antonio quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Telegraph Peak quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Telegraph Peak quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:100000
- 1996 USGS Telegraph Peak quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
666 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 666 fires within 5 miles of Lytle Creek between 1992 and 2020, burning about 59,775 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 57 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 use | 260 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 220 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 57 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 36 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 28 |
| Natural | 15 |
| Smoking | 14 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 11 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Fireworks | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Other causes | 2 |
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 2011 | Smoking | under an acre | San Bernardino National Forest | OVERPASS |
| 9 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | San Bernardino National Forest | FEDEX |
| 9 September 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | San Bernardino National Forest | MATHEWS |
| 9 September 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | San Bernardino National Forest | ARIZONA |
| 9 September 2000 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | San Bernardino National Forest | HOG |
| 8 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | San Bernardino National Forest | LYTLE |
| 7 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | San Bernardino National Forest | HEROES |
| 7 September 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | San Bernardino National Forest | THIRTY-EIGHT |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 17 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Lytle Creek: 11 prospects, 3 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blew Jordam | Zinc, Silver, Lead, Cadmium | Prospect | ||
| Bob Cat Lode | Copper, Gold, Zinc | Prospect | ||
| Brown Prospect | Gold, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Deer Tick Nos. 1-8 | Talc-Soapstone, Asbestos, Mica | Unknown | ||
| Flying W Ranch Manganese | Manganese | Occurrence | ||
| Salamander | REE | Occurrence | ||
| Smith Family Mining Claim | Gold, Graphite, Clay | Unknown | ||
| White Queen | Limestone, Dimension | Occurrence | ||
| California-Hercules Mine | Zinc, Lead, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Califrnia-Hercules Millsite | Zinc, Lead, Silver | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
13 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lytle Creek in 13 storm reports between 1999 and 2025: 6 wildfire, 4 flash flood, 2 heavy rain, 1 flood. The reports record 1 death and 1 injury. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2002 | Wildfire | Lytle Creek | 1 killed, $20,000 | no account filed |
| October 2003 | Wildfire | Lytle Creek | 1 hurt | no account filed |
| September 2001 | Wildfire | Lytle Creek | $200,000 | no account filed |
| March 2000 | Flood | Lytle Creek | $25,000 | no account filed |
| February 2004 | Flash Flood | Lytle Creek | $10,000 | no account filed |
| February 2004 | Flash Flood | Lytle Creek | $10,000 | no account filed |
| February 2025 | Heavy Rain | Lytle Creek | - | Mesonet station SSVC1 Rancho Cucamonga reported a total of 5.84 inches of rain. |
| February 2023 | Flash Flood | Lytle Creek | - | San Bernardino County Fire conducted a swift water rescue of one occupant from a truck. Report of rushing water enveloping the lower half of the truck. |
| November 2018 | Heavy Rain | Lytle Creek | - | Mesonet ssvc1 (8 mi nne of Rancho Cucamonga) reported a 24-hr rainfall total of 3.38 inches. |
| August 2014 | Flash Flood | Lytle Creek | - | CHP reported a side road of Lytle Creek Road was washed out due to heavy rainfall. |
| November 1999 | Wildfire | Lytle Creek | - | A wildfire started by sparks from a firing range burned 95 acres in the San Bernardino National Forest before being fully contained. |
| July 2003 | Wildfire | Lytle Creek | - | no account filed |
| September 2002 | Wildfire | Lytle Creek | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 1.2 miles | 41 | |
| Keenbrook | 2.4 miles | 41 | |
| Cosy Dell | 2.8 miles | 32 | |
| Cajon | 3.6 miles | 32 | |
| Cajon Junction | 3.9 miles | 32 | |
| Devore Heights | 4.7 miles | 41 | |
| Alray | 4.9 miles | 32 | |
| Nealeys Corner | 5.9 miles | 41 |
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 Lytle Creek | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3458250 | 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 1660968. 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.













