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Moonridge, California

34 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Big Bear census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92315. It lies near Bow Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Moonridge quadrangle.

Moonridge within San Bernardino County

Then and now

1901 to 1996

The same ground, surveyed 95 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Moonridge, surveyed 1996
Topographic sheet of Moonridge, surveyed 1901

Compare 1901 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 34 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

526 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 526 fires within 5 miles of Moonridge between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,400 acres in total. 137 started naturally. 16 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/undetermined227
Natural137
Recreation and ceremony64
Misuse of fire by a minor21
Arson/incendiarism16
Smoking15
Debris and open burning15
Equipment and vehicle use15
Other causes9
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Fireworks3

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 2015Naturalunder an acreSan Bernardino National ForestVANDUSEN
8 September 2013Naturalunder an acreSan Bernardino National ForestRANGER
8 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Bernardino National ForestMAPLE
8 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Bernardino National ForestSAND
7 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSan Bernardino National ForestFLAT
7 September 1995Naturalunder an acreSan Bernardino National Forestnot named
6 September 2013Naturalunder an acreSan Bernardino National ForestSUGARLOAF 2
6 September 2013Naturalunder an acreSan Bernardino National ForestBERTHA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Bernardino County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 42 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 42 workings within 5 miles of Moonridge: 18 past producers, 11 occurrences, 8 prospects, 5 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Uranium, Silver, Gold, Silver. 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
Carbonate MineLead, Silver, ZincPast Producer
Gail ClaimGold, Platinum, Limestone, DimensionUnknown
Gold HillGold, Silver, Lead, CopperPast ProducerSurface/Underground
Gold Hill MineGold, Silver, Copper, LeadPast Producer
Gold Mountain Quartz QuarryStone, DimensionPast Producer
H. L. Brown Desert View ClaimsBerylliumProspect
HilltopGold, Copper, LeadPast Producer
Iron King DepositIronOccurrence
Red CanyonMercuryOccurrenceCinnabar
Scotty WilsonSilver, Zinc, LeadPast ProducerGalena, Pyrite, Sphalerite

Every working recorded in San Bernardino County

Storms near this place

8 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Moonridge in 8 storm reports between 1999 and 2022: 2 flash flood, 2 debris flow, 2 heavy rain, 1 thunderstorm wind. The reports record 1 death. 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
June 2009Thunderstorm WindMoonridge1 killed, $20,000A wind gust from a thunderstorm snapped a pine tree along the 400 block of Catalina Road near Avalon Drive in Big Bear Lake. The tree fell on a passing vehicle, crushing the car and killing the driver.
July 1999Flash FloodMoonridge$1,000,000Thunderstorms moved slowly northwest across the area causing flooding in the communities of Moonridge, Sugarloaf, and Big Bear City. Spotters reported over 1.57 inches of rain in 20 minutes. Ten homes and a church were flooded. A land slide piled lumber, debris, and 2 feet of mud against an apartment complex located 150 feet below the Big Bear Mountain Ski resort.
January 2005Flash FloodMoonridge$500,000no account filed
August 2021LightningMoonridge$10,000Lightning caused 6 wildfires starts despite heavy rain. The wildfires were contained and kept to small acreage.
December 2022Debris FlowMoonridge-CalTrans report of rocks falling into both lanes of Highway 38 due to rainfall in the area. Storm total rainfall of 0.30-0.60 inch occurred across the region.
July 2022Heavy RainMoonridge-Rain of 1.58 inch. Mesonet Station HBRC1 Heart Bar at 6800 feet.
August 2021Debris FlowMoonridge-Minor debris flow from thunderstorm rains occurred with rock and mud spilling onto State Highway 38. Radar estimates rain rate of one half inch an hour.
August 2021Heavy RainMoonridge-Ski resort measures 0.75 inches of rain in one hour from monsoon thunderstorms.

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
Sugarloaf1.5 miles34
Big Bear City1.9 miles39
Minnelusa2.9 miles35
Woodlands2.9 miles34
Big Bear Lake3.0 miles36
Baldwin Lake4.3 miles39
The Pines (historical)4.4 miles36
Seven Oaks4.6 miles36

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1661055. 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.