Skyforest, California
38 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Lake Arrowhead census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92385. It lies near Hencks Meadow. The Survey maps it on the Harrison Mountain quadrangle. It stands 5,741 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1899 to 1996The 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.


Compare 1899 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
17 surveys from 38 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.
- 1899 USGS Redlands quadrangle1:62500
- 1901 USGS Redlands quadrangle1:62500, 9 printings
- 1901 USGS Southern California Sheet No. 1 quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1904 USGS Southern California Sheet No. 1 quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Harrison Mtn. quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Redlands quadrangle1:62500, 3 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
- 1967 USGS Harrison Mtn quadrangle1:24000
- 1967 USGS Harrison Mtn. quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1975 USGS Harrison Mtn. quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:100000
- 1996 USGS Harrison Mountain quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
550 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 550 fires within 5 miles of Skyforest between 1992 and 2020, burning about 75,231 acres in total. 39 started naturally. 28 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 | 234 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 74 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 44 |
| Other causes | 41 |
| Natural | 39 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 39 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 28 |
| Smoking | 28 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 12 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 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 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | EMERALD |
| 9 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | FERN DR TWIN_PEAKS |
| 9 September 2012 | Natural | under an acre | San Bernardino National Forest | DEEP |
| 9 September 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | San Bernardino National Forest | SHORE |
| 9 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | San Bernardino Unit | not named |
| 8 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | San Bernardino National Forest | SEELEY |
| 8 September 1999 | Other causes | 1.0 acres | San Bernardino National Forest | SPYGLASS |
| 7 September 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | San Bernardino National Forest | TORREY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Skyforest: 2 past producers, 1 unknown, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Feldspar, Mica, Silica, Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bossard Nos. 1-24 | Gold, Beryllium, REE | Prospect | ||
| Carmine Claim | Granite | Unknown | ||
| Heaps Peak Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Keystone and Lucky Jim | Feldspar, Mica, Silica | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2025Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Skyforest in 1 storm report in 2025: 1 heavy rain. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2025 | Heavy Rain | Skyforest | - | Mesonet station HHPC1 Heaps Peak raws reported a total precipitation of 5.59 inches. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crest Park | 0.9 miles | 38 | |
| Lake Arrowhead | 1.0 miles | 38 | |
| Meadowbrook Woods | 1.2 miles | 38 | |
| Cedar Glen | 1.5 miles | 32 | |
| Blue Jay | 1.8 miles | 38 | |
| Agua Fria | 2.1 miles | 38 | |
| North Shore | 2.3 miles | 32 | |
| Rimforest | 2.5 miles | 38 |
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 Skyforest | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7537713 | 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 1661451. 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.
















