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North Star Ranch, California

29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Victorville-Hesperia census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92345. The Survey maps it on the Hesperia quadrangle.

North Star Ranch within San Bernardino County

Then and now

1901 to 1982

The same ground, surveyed 81 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 Star Ranch, surveyed 1982
Topographic sheet of North Star Ranch, surveyed 1901

Compare 1901 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 29 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

402 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 402 fires within 5 miles of North Star Ranch between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,000 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 54 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/undetermined207
Equipment and vehicle use57
Arson/incendiarism54
Misuse of fire by a minor27
Smoking26
Debris and open burning19
Recreation and ceremony6
Natural4
Fireworks1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 2009Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
9 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
8 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Bernardino UnitMARIPOSA
7 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionMESQUITE
4 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Bernardino UnitBOLDING
3 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSan Bernardino Unitnot named
3 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSan Bernardino Unitnot named
28 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Bernardino UnitFARGO

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire 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
Sunset Ridge2.0 miles32
High Country2.3 miles32
Hesperia3.1 miles29
Duncan Corners3.3 miles32
Oak Hills3.7 miles32
Eagle Ranch4.0 miles32
Mountain View Acres4.3 miles29
Golden Valley Acres4.5 miles32

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.

Wikidata item Q122557377The 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 1841695. 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.