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.
Then and now
1899 to 1996The 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.


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.
Mill Creek Zanjalisted 1977 · 0.8 miles away
Population over time
2 figuresMentone 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 8,720 | |
| 2020 | 9,557 | +837 (+10%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
16 surveys from 39 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.
- 1899 USGS Redlands quadrangle1:62500
- 1901 USGS Redlands quadrangle1:62500, 9 printings
- 1901 USGS Southern California Sheet No. 1 quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1904 USGS Southern California Sheet No. 1 quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Redlands quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Redlands quadrangle1:24000, 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
- 1967 USGS Redlands quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1975 USGS Redlands quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:100000
- 1996 USGS Redlands quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
749 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 314 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 171 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 89 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 66 |
| Smoking | 49 |
| Debris and open burning | 24 |
| Natural | 11 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 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 2012 | Natural | under an acre | California Desert District | CONE |
| 9 September 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | San Bernardino Unit | ROSA |
| 9 September 1996 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 293 acres | San Bernardino Unit | CANYON |
| 8 September 2012 | Natural | 57 acres | California Desert District | GREENSPOT |
| 6 September 2008 | Other causes | 125 acres | California Desert District | GARNET |
| 6 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | San Bernardino Unit | EMERALD AV / NEWPORT AV 2 |
| 4 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | San Bernardino Unit | not named |
| 4 September 1998 | Natural | 2.0 acres | California Desert District | OPAL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama Street Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Old Webster Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Pacific Rock and Gravel Co | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Plunge Creek Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Redlands | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Redlands Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Redlands Pit No. 1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Redlands Pit No. 2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Tri-City Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Tri-City Pit and Mill | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2021Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2021 | Lightning | Mentone | - | The Department of Highways reported a tree was on fire after being struck by lightning. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crafton | 0.8 miles | 36 | |
| Warner | 0.9 miles | 39 | |
| University Village | 1.5 miles | 39 | |
| Browns (historical) | 1.7 miles | 39 | |
| Greenspot (historical) | 1.7 miles | 36 | |
| Lugonia Homes | 2.5 miles | 39 | |
| Plymouth Village | 2.7 miles | 39 | |
| Redlands | 2.7 miles | 39 |
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 Mentone | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3295946 | 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 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.















