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Mentone, California

39 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the San Bernardino census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92359. The Survey maps it on the Redlands quadrangle. 9,557 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,650 feet above sea level.

Mentone within San Bernardino County

Then and now

1899 to 1996

The same ground, surveyed 97 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Mentone, surveyed 1996
Topographic sheet of Mentone, surveyed 1899

Compare 1899 against another survey:

On record in Mentone

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Population over time

2 figures

Mentone grew from 8,720 to 9,557 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.

YearPeople Change
20108,720
20209,557+837 (+10%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

16 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

749 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 749 fires within 5 miles of Mentone between 1992 and 2020, burning about 9,626 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 89 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/undetermined314
Equipment and vehicle use171
Arson/incendiarism89
Misuse of fire by a minor66
Smoking49
Debris and open burning24
Natural11
Power generation/transmission/distribution11
Recreation and ceremony10
Other causes2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
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 2012Naturalunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictCONE
9 September 2001Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Bernardino UnitROSA
9 September 1996Railroad operations and maintenance293 acresSan Bernardino UnitCANYON
8 September 2012Natural57 acresCalifornia Desert DistrictGREENSPOT
6 September 2008Other causes125 acresCalifornia Desert DistrictGARNET
6 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Bernardino UnitEMERALD AV / NEWPORT AV 2
4 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Bernardino Unitnot named
4 September 1998Natural2.0 acresCalifornia Desert DistrictOPAL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Bernardino County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Mentone: 9 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Alabama Street PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Old Webster PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Pacific Rock and Gravel CoSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Plunge Creek PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
RedlandsSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Redlands PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Redlands Pit No. 1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Redlands Pit No. 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Tri-City Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Tri-City Pit and MillSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in San Bernardino County

Storms near this place

1 since 2021

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mentone in 1 storm report in 2021: 1 lightning. 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
September 2021LightningMentone-The Department of Highways reported a tree was on fire after being struck by lightning.

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
Crafton0.8 miles36
Warner0.9 miles39
University Village1.5 miles39
Browns (historical)1.7 miles39
Greenspot (historical)1.7 miles36
Lugonia Homes2.5 miles39
Plymouth Village2.7 miles39
Redlands2.7 miles39

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 MentoneAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3295946The 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 1661008. 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.