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Mira Loma, California

38 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Jurupa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 91752. The Survey maps it on the Corona North quadrangle. 21,930 people lived here at the 2010 count. It stands 722 feet above sea level.

Mira Loma within Riverside County

Then and now

1901 to 1983

The same ground, surveyed 82 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Mira Loma, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Mira Loma, surveyed 1901

On record in Mira Loma

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 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

16 surveys from 38 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

1,437 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1,437 fires within 5 miles of Mira Loma between 1992 and 2020, burning about 7,368 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 119 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/undetermined709
Equipment and vehicle use277
Smoking155
Arson/incendiarism119
Misuse of fire by a minor95
Debris and open burning48
Recreation and ceremony15
Power generation/transmission/distribution11
Railroad operations and maintenance7
Natural1

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 2020Arson/incendiarism7.0 acresRiverside UnitWOODWARD AV NORC
9 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionCLAY
9 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionSKYLOFT DR JRPV
9 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRiverside UnitCLUBHOUSE DR NORC
8 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresRiverside UnitQUARTER HORSE DR EVAL
8 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRiverside UnitEL PALOMINO DR JRPV
8 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresRiverside UnitLIMONITE
8 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresRiverside UnitTYROLITE ST / MISSION BL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Riverside County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 21 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Mira Loma: 17 past producers, 2 occurrences, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Feldspar, Silica. 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
Fletcher ProspectMolybdenum, CopperOccurrenceMolybdenite
Magstone ProductsLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
Molybdenite OccurrenceMolybdenumOccurrence
Unnamed QuarryStone, DimensionPast Producer
Glen Avon Limestone DepositMarble, DimensionPast Producer
Glen Avon QuarryMarble, DimensionProducerMetamorphic
Stone & Alexander QuarryFeldspar, SilicaPast Producer
Unnamed Stone DepositFeldspar, SilicaPast Producer
Mobile Sand CompanySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Philadelphia Recycling MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Riverside County

Storms near this place

9 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mira Loma in 9 storm reports between 1998 and 2006: 3 flash flood, 2 wildfire, 2 funnel cloud, 1 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
October 2004Flash FloodMira Loma$500,000Swift moving runoff washed out a large section of Lucretia Ave. near 66th Street in Mira Loma. Homes along Lucreita Ave. were damaged by the flood, which was 5 feet deep in spots. Further south, about 100 horses had to be rescued as the Santa Ana River inundated the River Trails Riding Stable in Norco with deep water. Some horses were neck-deep in floodwaters before they could be led to safety.
February 2004Flash FloodMira Loma$10,000no account filed
February 2004Flash FloodMira Loma$5,000no account filed
April 2006Thunderstorm WindMira Loma$1,000Three Cypress trees were blown down by a strong thunderstorm wind gust in Mira Loma. Small hail and frequent lightning were reported with this thunderstorm.
January 2005Funnel CloudMira Loma-no account filed
February 2005Funnel CloudMira Loma-no account filed
January 2001WildfireMira Loma-no account filed
June 2001WildfireMira Loma-no account filed
February 1998FloodMira Loma-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Riverside 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
Bly1.1 miles43
Stalder2.1 miles41
Glen Avon2.1 miles39
Pedley2.5 miles43
Henshaw2.9 miles39
Eastvale3.2 miles38
De Anza Village3.4 miles43
La Sierra Heights3.7 miles43

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 Mira LomaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1928372The 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 1656568. 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.