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North Bench, California

36 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Yucaipa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92399. It lies near Spoor Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Yucaipa quadrangle.

North Bench within San Bernardino County

Then and now

1899 to 1996

The same ground, surveyed 97 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of North Bench, surveyed 1996
Topographic sheet of North Bench, surveyed 1899

Compare 1899 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 36 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

720 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 720 fires within 5 miles of North Bench between 1992 and 2020, burning about 43,571 acres in total. 16 started naturally. 69 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/undetermined287
Equipment and vehicle use170
Arson/incendiarism69
Misuse of fire by a minor69
Smoking42
Debris and open burning31
Recreation and ceremony20
Natural16
Power generation/transmission/distribution11
Fireworks3
Other causes2

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 2019Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSan Bernardino UnitVALLEY VIEW MHP YUCAIPA_C
8 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Bernardino UnitWEST BOUND
8 September 2002Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSan Bernardino UnitHAMMONS
8 September 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreRiverside UnitSTATE FIRE
8 September 1995Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSan Bernardino UnitRUTHERFORD
7 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined55 acresSouthern California AgencyBANNING INC.
7 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRiverside UnitFREEWAY
7 September 1993Natural1.0 acresJoshua Tree National MonumentCAMENO

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Bernardino County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of North Bench: 2 past producers, 2 prospects, 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Flagstone, Copper, Gold. 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
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Mentone SandstoneFlagstonePast Producer
Pauper's Dream and QuiduncCopper, GoldOccurrenceVein
Pauper's Dream and Quindunc GroupGold, CopperOccurrence
Bald Eagle Mining Co.GoldProspect
Mountain Home ProspectGoldProspect

Every working 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
Yucaipa2.2 miles36
Mountain Home Village3.1 miles33
Oak Glen3.7 miles33
Dunlap Acres5.2 miles36
Greenspot (historical)5.3 miles36
Forest Falls5.5 miles33
Crafton5.6 miles36
Glen Martin6.3 miles36

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2514788. 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.