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Rochester, California

41 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1897 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Ontario census division. It lies in ZIP code area 91730. It stands on East Etiwanda Creek. The Survey maps it on the Guasti quadrangle.

Rochester within San Bernardino County

Then and now

1897 to 1982

The same ground, surveyed 85 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Rochester, surveyed 1982
Topographic sheet of Rochester, surveyed 1897

Compare 1897 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

16 surveys from 41 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

245 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 245 fires within 5 miles of Rochester between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,588 acres in total. None started naturally. 24 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/undetermined149
Equipment and vehicle use34
Arson/incendiarism24
Smoking22
Misuse of fire by a minor11
Debris and open burning4
Recreation and ceremony1

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 2020Smokingunder an acreSan Bernardino Unitnot named
9 September 2011Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSan Bernardino Unitnot named
9 September 1994Misuse of fire by a minor110 acresSan Bernardino National ForestAMETHYST
6 September 1995Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresSan Bernardino UnitBANYAN
5 September 1992Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresSan Bernardino National Forestnot named
5 September 1992Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresSan Bernardino UnitSUMMIT
4 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSan Bernardino Unitnot named
29 September 1993Misuse of fire by a minor3.0 acresSan Bernardino UnitROCHESTER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Bernardino County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Rochester: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Philadelphia Recycling MineSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

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
North Cucamonga1.8 miles41
Etiwa (historical)2.2 miles41
Grapeland2.4 miles48
Rancho Cucamonga2.6 miles41
Las Uvas (historical)2.7 miles48
Etiwanda2.7 miles48
Guasti2.8 miles41
Kaiser3.1 miles39

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1661319. 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.