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Running Springs, California

35 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Big Bear census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92382. It stands on Dry Creek. The Survey maps it on the Keller Peak quadrangle. 5,268 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 6,109 feet above sea level.

Running Springs 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 Running Springs, surveyed 1996
Topographic sheet of Running Springs, surveyed 1899

Compare 1899 against another survey:

Population over time

2 figures

Running Springs grew from 4,862 to 5,268 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
20104,862
20205,268+406 (+8%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 35 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

356 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 356 fires within 5 miles of Running Springs between 1992 and 2020, burning about 83,385 acres in total. 36 started naturally. 17 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/undetermined141
Equipment and vehicle use58
Natural36
Misuse of fire by a minor27
Recreation and ceremony26
Other causes22
Smoking17
Arson/incendiarism17
Debris and open burning4
Firearms and explosives use3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Fireworks2

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 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionEMERALD
9 September 2015Naturalunder an acreSan Bernardino National ForestSNOWED
9 September 2012Naturalunder an acreSan Bernardino National ForestWAGON WHEEL
9 September 2012Naturalunder an acreSan Bernardino National ForestDEEP
9 September 1996Debris and open burningunder an acreSan Bernardino National ForestGREEN
8 September 1992Smokingunder an acreSan Bernardino National Forestnot named
6 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionSHENANDOAH
6 September 2006Naturalunder an acreSan Bernardino National ForestSNOW

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Bernardino County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Running Springs: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
Green Lead MineGoldPast Producer
Heaps Peak QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

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
Smiley Park1.2 miles38
Fredalba1.3 miles38
Arrowbear Lake1.4 miles35
Green Valley Lake2.8 miles35
Skyforest4.2 miles38
Cedar Glen4.3 miles32
Crest Park5.0 miles38
Lake Arrowhead5.1 miles38

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.

Wikipedia article on Running SpringsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1966095The 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 1661346. 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.