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.
Then and now
1901 to 1983The 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.


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
- Galleano Winerylisted 2003
Topographic sheets covering this place
16 surveys from 38 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
- 1902 USGS Corona quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1904 USGS Southern California Sheet No. 1 quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1942 USGS Corona quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1942 USGS Corona and Vicinity quadrangle1:31680
- 1943 USGS Corona quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Corona North quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Corona North quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1975 USGS Corona North quadrangle1:24000
- 1983 USGS Santa Ana quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
1,437 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 709 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 277 |
| Smoking | 155 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 119 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 95 |
| Debris and open burning | 48 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 15 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 11 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 7 |
| Natural | 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 2020 | Arson/incendiarism | 7.0 acres | Riverside Unit | WOODWARD AV NORC |
| 9 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | CLAY |
| 9 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | SKYLOFT DR JRPV |
| 9 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Riverside Unit | CLUBHOUSE DR NORC |
| 8 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Riverside Unit | QUARTER HORSE DR EVAL |
| 8 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Riverside Unit | EL PALOMINO DR JRPV |
| 8 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Riverside Unit | LIMONITE |
| 8 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Riverside Unit | TYROLITE ST / MISSION BL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 21 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fletcher Prospect | Molybdenum, Copper | Occurrence | Molybdenite | |
| Magstone Products | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Molybdenite Occurrence | Molybdenum | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Glen Avon Limestone Deposit | Marble, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Glen Avon Quarry | Marble, Dimension | Producer | Metamorphic | |
| Stone & Alexander Quarry | Feldspar, Silica | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Stone Deposit | Feldspar, Silica | Past Producer | ||
| Mobile Sand Company | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Philadelphia Recycling Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
9 since 1998Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2004 | Flash Flood | Mira Loma | $500,000 | Swift 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 2004 | Flash Flood | Mira Loma | $10,000 | no account filed |
| February 2004 | Flash Flood | Mira Loma | $5,000 | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mira Loma | $1,000 | Three 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 2005 | Funnel Cloud | Mira Loma | - | no account filed |
| February 2005 | Funnel Cloud | Mira Loma | - | no account filed |
| January 2001 | Wildfire | Mira Loma | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Wildfire | Mira Loma | - | no account filed |
| February 1998 | Flood | Mira Loma | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bly | 1.1 miles | 43 | |
| Stalder | 2.1 miles | 41 | |
| Glen Avon | 2.1 miles | 39 | |
| Pedley | 2.5 miles | 43 | |
| Henshaw | 2.9 miles | 39 | |
| Eastvale | 3.2 miles | 38 | |
| De Anza Village | 3.4 miles | 43 | |
| La Sierra Heights | 3.7 miles | 43 |
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 Loma | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1928372 | 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 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.















