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Sleepy Hollow, California

43 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Ontario census division. It lies in ZIP code area 91709. The Survey maps it on the Yorba Linda quadrangle.

Sleepy Hollow within San Bernardino County

Then and now

1896 to 1983

The same ground, surveyed 87 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Sleepy Hollow, surveyed 1983
Topographic sheet of Sleepy Hollow, surveyed 1896

Compare 1896 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

19 surveys from 43 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

119 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 119 fires within 5 miles of Sleepy Hollow between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,473 acres in total. 1 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/undetermined51
Equipment and vehicle use35
Smoking15
Arson/incendiarism8
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Debris and open burning3
Natural1

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 1996Misuse of fire by a minor2.0 acresSan Bernardino UnitROCKET
7 September 2013Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Bernardino UnitPALERMO
4 September 2010Arson/incendiarism10 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
30 September 1995Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresSan Bernardino UnitPAYTON
27 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Bernardino UnitBIRDFARM
26 September 2010Smoking1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
25 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined35 acresOrange County Fire AuthorityCARBON FIRE
18 September 2000Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresSan Bernardino UnitCANYON

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 Sleepy Hollow: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Clay. 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
Chino PlantClayProducer

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
Chino Hills3.3 miles43
Los Serranos4.1 miles39
Boys Republic4.4 miles39
Chino6.5 miles43
Narod9.1 miles43
Sunsweet9.2 miles43
Montclair10.1 miles43
Ontario10.5 miles43

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 Sleepy HollowAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7539970The 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 1661454. 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.