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South Adelanto, California

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Victorville-Hesperia census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92301. The Survey maps it on the Adelanto quadrangle.

South Adelanto within San Bernardino County

Then and now

1932 to 1982

The same ground, surveyed 50 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of South Adelanto, surveyed 1982
Topographic sheet of South Adelanto, surveyed 1932

Compare 1932 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 24 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

194 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 194 fires within 5 miles of South Adelanto between 1992 and 2020, burning about 83 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 32 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/undetermined101
Arson/incendiarism32
Equipment and vehicle use24
Debris and open burning17
Misuse of fire by a minor12
Smoking6
Natural2

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
4 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Bernardino UnitFORAN
4 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Bernardino UnitBOLDING
3 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Bernardino UnitDAISEY
3 September 1996Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Bernardino UnitDAISY
29 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSan Bernardino UnitSHEEP CREEK RD / HWY 18 2
27 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Bernardino Unitnot named
27 September 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Bernardino UnitBEAVER
20 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire 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
Mountain View3.4 miles24
Eagle Ranch3.5 miles32
Adelanto3.8 miles24
Duncan Corners4.1 miles32
Mountain View Acres4.2 miles29
The Village4.3 miles24
Golden Mesa4.4 miles24
Baldy Mesa5.1 miles32

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.

Wikidata item Q122552320The 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 1841553. 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.