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.
Then and now
1901 to 1996The 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.


Compare 1901 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 34 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 San Gorgonio quadrangle1:125000, 8 printings
- 1904 USGS Southern California Sheet No. 1 quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS San Gorgonio Mountain quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1956 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Moonridge quadrangle1:24000
- 1959 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Moonridge quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1982 USGS Big Bear Lake quadrangle1:100000
- 1996 USGS Moonridge quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
526 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 227 |
| Natural | 137 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 64 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 21 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 16 |
| Smoking | 15 |
| Debris and open burning | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 15 |
| Other causes | 9 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
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 2015 | Natural | under an acre | San Bernardino National Forest | VANDUSEN |
| 8 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | San Bernardino National Forest | RANGER |
| 8 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | San Bernardino National Forest | MAPLE |
| 8 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | San Bernardino National Forest | SAND |
| 7 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | San Bernardino National Forest | FLAT |
| 7 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | San Bernardino National Forest | not named |
| 6 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | San Bernardino National Forest | SUGARLOAF 2 |
| 6 September 2013 | Natural | under an acre | San Bernardino National Forest | BERTHA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 42 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carbonate Mine | Lead, Silver, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Gail Claim | Gold, Platinum, Limestone, Dimension | Unknown | ||
| Gold Hill | Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper | Past Producer | Surface/Underground | |
| Gold Hill Mine | Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Gold Mountain Quartz Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| H. L. Brown Desert View Claims | Beryllium | Prospect | ||
| Hilltop | Gold, Copper, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Iron King Deposit | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Red Canyon | Mercury | Occurrence | Cinnabar | |
| Scotty Wilson | Silver, Zinc, Lead | Past Producer | Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite |
Storms near this place
8 since 1999Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Moonridge | 1 killed, $20,000 | A 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 1999 | Flash Flood | Moonridge | $1,000,000 | Thunderstorms 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 2005 | Flash Flood | Moonridge | $500,000 | no account filed |
| August 2021 | Lightning | Moonridge | $10,000 | Lightning caused 6 wildfires starts despite heavy rain. The wildfires were contained and kept to small acreage. |
| December 2022 | Debris Flow | Moonridge | - | 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 2022 | Heavy Rain | Moonridge | - | Rain of 1.58 inch. Mesonet Station HBRC1 Heart Bar at 6800 feet. |
| August 2021 | Debris Flow | Moonridge | - | 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 2021 | Heavy Rain | Moonridge | - | Ski resort measures 0.75 inches of rain in one hour from monsoon thunderstorms. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sugarloaf | 1.5 miles | 34 | |
| Big Bear City | 1.9 miles | 39 | |
| Minnelusa | 2.9 miles | 35 | |
| Woodlands | 2.9 miles | 34 | |
| Big Bear Lake | 3.0 miles | 36 | |
| Baldwin Lake | 4.3 miles | 39 | |
| The Pines (historical) | 4.4 miles | 36 | |
| Seven Oaks | 4.6 miles | 36 |
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.













