Pinon Hills Estates, California
37 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Victorville-Hesperia census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92372. The Survey maps it on the Mescal Creek quadrangle.
Then and now
1901 to 1995The same ground, surveyed 94 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
15 surveys from 37 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
- 1903 USGS San Antonio quadrangle1:62500, 7 printings
- 1904 USGS Southern California Sheet No. 1 quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1934 USGS Boneyard Canyon quadrangle1:24000
- 1939 USGS Boneyard Canyon quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1942 USGS San Antonio quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Mescal Creek quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1956 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:100000
- 1995 USGS Mescal Creek quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
357 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 357 fires within 5 miles of Pinon Hills Estates between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,779 acres in total. 29 started naturally. 23 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 | 144 |
| Debris and open burning | 47 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 44 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 37 |
| Natural | 29 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 23 |
| Smoking | 16 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | VALLE VISTA RD PHELAN |
| 6 September 2005 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | San Bernardino Unit | SMOKETREE |
| 4 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | San Bernardino Unit | not named |
| 4 September 2003 | Natural | under an acre | San Bernardino Unit | DEERHAVEN |
| 3 September 1997 | Natural | under an acre | San Bernardino Unit | TREE |
| 29 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | San Bernardino Unit | SMOKETREE |
| 28 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | DUNCAN |
| 28 September 2008 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | San Bernardino Unit | TOKAY ST PINION_HILLS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Piñon Hills | 2.6 miles | 37 | |
| Phelan | 4.5 miles | 34 | |
| Deer Haven | 4.7 miles | 34 | |
| Yucca Inn | 4.8 miles | 34 | |
| Wildhorse Canyon | 5.8 miles | 38 | |
| Mountain Top Junction | 6.3 miles | 34 | |
| Wrightwood | 7.5 miles | 39 | |
| El Mirage | 9.1 miles | 22 |
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 Q122571565 | 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 1841657. 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.














