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Minneola, California

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1977. It stands in the Newberry Springs-Baker census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92327. The Survey maps it on the Minneola quadrangle.

Minneola within San Bernardino County

Then and now

1953 to 1977

The same ground, surveyed 24 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Minneola, surveyed 1977
Topographic sheet of Minneola, surveyed 1953

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 14 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

15 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Minneola between 1992 and 2020, burning about 504 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 2 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 use6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Natural2
Arson/incendiarism2
Debris and open burning1

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
8 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSan Bernardino UnitTREAD
26 September 1992Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictMINNEOLA
2 September 1995Natural3.0 acresCalifornia Desert DistrictROCK
1 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictINTERSTATE
22 August 1992Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresCalifornia Desert DistrictNATIONAL T
19 July 2005Natural300 acresCalifornia Desert DistrictSEGS
13 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictSILVER
30 June 2005Arson/incendiarism30 acresCalifornia Desert DistrictFORTY

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 Minneola: 4 past producers, 3 occurrences, 1 prospect, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Manganese, Boron-Borates, Granite. 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
Newberry Mtns. Borate ProspectBoron-BoratesProspect
Newberry SiteGraniteOccurrence
Oro Treasure and New YearGold, SilverOccurrence
Railroad Ballast QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed Manganese OccurrenceManganeseOccurrence
Daggett Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Tom Woolsey Roofing Granule PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in San Bernardino County

Storms near this place

2 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Minneola in 2 storm reports between 2013 and 2021: 2 flash flood. 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
August 2013Flash FloodMinneola$50,000Water and mud were rushing down the street at Interstate 40 and Nebo Street. Four power poles were knocked down by flash flooding near National Trails Highway and Minneola Road.
July 2021Flash FloodMinneola$1,000Half an inch of rain in 15 minutes caused flooding of Dogwood Street between Minneola Road and Spyrock Avenue.

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
Gale3.5 miles14
Yermo4.7 miles15
Newberry Springs4.9 miles13
Toomey5.4 miles13
Daggett6.0 miles14
Calico8.5 miles15
Bismarck (historical)9.3 miles15
Harvard9.4 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1661034. 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.