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Seven Oaks, California

36 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Big Bear census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92305. It lies near Converse Flats. The Survey maps it on the Big Bear Lake quadrangle.

Seven Oaks within San Bernardino County

Then and now

1901 to 1996

The same ground, surveyed 95 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Seven Oaks, surveyed 1996
Topographic sheet of Seven Oaks, surveyed 1901

Compare 1901 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 36 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

295 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 295 fires within 5 miles of Seven Oaks between 1992 and 2020, burning about 51,765 acres in total. 97 started naturally. 8 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/undetermined100
Natural97
Recreation and ceremony48
Equipment and vehicle use13
Arson/incendiarism8
Debris and open burning7
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Smoking7
Other causes6
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

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
7 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresSan Bernardino National ForestFLAT
7 September 2013Naturalunder an acreSan Bernardino National ForestJENKS
6 September 2013Naturalunder an acreSan Bernardino National ForestGRINELL
6 September 2013Naturalunder an acreSan Bernardino National ForestSUGARLOAF 2
6 September 1993Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSan Bernardino National Forestnot named
5 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Bernardino National Forestnot named
4 September 2003Naturalunder an acreSan Bernardino National ForestSUGARLOAF#2
30 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Bernardino National ForestJUNIPER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Bernardino County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Seven Oaks: 2 prospects, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Uranium, 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
Unnamed ProspectGoldProspect
Rocky Point ClaimUraniumOccurrence
Thirsty King ProspectUraniumProspect

Every working recorded in San Bernardino County

Storms near this place

8 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Seven Oaks in 8 storm reports between 2015 and 2025: 4 flash flood, 2 heavy rain, 1 debris flow, 1 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2021Flash FloodSeven Oaks$10,000Significant debris flow occurred 1:30 to 2:00 pm on July 30 on Highway 38 along northern portions of the El Dorado burn scar. CalTrans reports road closure both directions on Highway 38 from Glass Road to Seven Oaks due to rock and mudslides on roadway. Restriction from Forest Falls to Lake Williams Drive. Radar has large thunderstorms over Highway 38 and Upper Santa Ana watershed estimated 2 to 2.5 inches of rain on radar in Frog Creek, Barton Creek and South Fork Santa Ana River.||Most significant flows occurred between PM 24.1 and 25.2, where boulders up to 1 m in diameter (potentially up to 2 m) moved. Net anchors initially held and restrained the initial surge of debris, but the volume eventually overtopped the nets and filled catchment basins. Debris overtopped a catchment basin at VAR EF0094 (west fork of the creek) and flowed onto the highway, resulting in a debris flow 150 feet wide and 5 feet deep.|||Vehicles reported stuck and road is impassable at 3 locations. Highway 38 was closed for 7 hours due to several areas of debris flows. Large rocks, logs, mud and boulders being removed. Some damage reported to road. 4300 cubic yards or 400 truckloads were removed from Highway 38.
September 2025Heavy RainSeven Oaks-Mesonet station CVEC1 near Seven Oaks reported 1.17 inches of rain.
August 2023Flash FloodSeven Oaks-Thirty residents in Seven Oaks were cut off from rescue after the Santa Ana River overflowed and Glass Road was damaged. One person was missing at the time of report, potentially washed into Barton Creek. Seven Oaks Road was closed for Emergency Crews.
August 2022FloodSeven Oaks-Mud and water crossing Highway 38. Highway remained closed for emergency repairs and drainage debris removal. Enhanced debris flow and runoff from the El Dorado Burn Scar. Video shared via CalTrans 8.
July 2022Flash FloodSeven Oaks-Debris and rocks across Highway 38 at Hill Ranch Road, where there was also water flowing across the road. Vehicles stuck on roadway, requiring rescue.
July 2022Flash FloodSeven Oaks-Highway 38 closed between Valley of the Falls to Lake Williams. Multiple cars stuck, requiring rescue west of Jenks Lake.
July 2022Heavy RainSeven Oaks-Rainfall of 0.8 inch. Mesonet station CVNC1 Seven Oaks.
July 2015Debris FlowSeven Oaks-Officials at the Lake Fire and CHP reported several debris flows; one consisting mostly of ash, 4 to 12 inches deep on Highway 38 at the South Fork of the Santa Ana River, as well as one 4 to 5 inches of mud and debris over another portion of the highway. The debris flow near the South Fork was located near one of the fire's highest impact areas, with an estimated 0.33 inches of rain falling on that basin, resulting in the debris flow.

Every storm 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
The Pines (historical)0.5 miles36
Pinezanita2.6 miles36
Big Bear Lake4.0 miles36
Boulder Bay4.1 miles36
Angelus Oaks4.6 miles36
Moonridge4.6 miles34
Glen Martin4.7 miles36
Minnelusa5.6 miles35

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1661426. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.