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.
Then and now
1897 to 1982The 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.


Compare 1897 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
16 surveys from 41 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.
- 1897 USGS Cucamonga quadrangle1:62500
- 1900 USGS Cucamonga quadrangle1:62500
- 1901 USGS Southern California Sheet No. 1 quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1903 USGS Cucamonga quadrangle1:62500, 11 printings
- 1904 USGS Southern California Sheet No. 1 quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1944 USGS Cucamonga quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Guasti quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Ontario quadrangle1:62500, 5 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 Guasti quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1966 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
245 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 149 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 34 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 24 |
| Smoking | 22 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 11 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
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 2020 | Smoking | under an acre | San Bernardino Unit | not named |
| 9 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | San Bernardino Unit | not named |
| 9 September 1994 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 110 acres | San Bernardino National Forest | AMETHYST |
| 6 September 1995 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | San Bernardino Unit | BANYAN |
| 5 September 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | San Bernardino National Forest | not named |
| 5 September 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | San Bernardino Unit | SUMMIT |
| 4 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | San Bernardino Unit | not named |
| 29 September 1993 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 3.0 acres | San Bernardino Unit | ROCHESTER |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philadelphia Recycling Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Cucamonga | 1.8 miles | 41 | |
| Etiwa (historical) | 2.2 miles | 41 | |
| Grapeland | 2.4 miles | 48 | |
| Rancho Cucamonga | 2.6 miles | 41 | |
| Las Uvas (historical) | 2.7 miles | 48 | |
| Etiwanda | 2.7 miles | 48 | |
| Guasti | 2.8 miles | 41 | |
| Kaiser | 3.1 miles | 39 |
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.















