Spring Valley Lake, California
29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Victorville-Hesperia census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92395. The Survey maps it on the Hesperia quadrangle. 9,598 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,779 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1901 to 1982The same ground, surveyed 81 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1901 against another survey:
Population over time
2 figuresSpring Valley Lake grew from 8,220 to 9,598 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 8,220 | |
| 2020 | 9,598 | +1,378 (+17%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 29 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.
- 1901 USGS Southern California Sheet No. 1 quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1902 USGS Hesperia quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
- 1904 USGS Southern California Sheet No. 1 quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1942 USGS Hesperia quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Hesperia quadrangle1:24000, 6 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
- 1982 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
383 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 383 fires within 5 miles of Spring Valley Lake between 1992 and 2020, burning about 572 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 49 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 | 264 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 49 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 19 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 17 |
| Smoking | 15 |
| Debris and open burning | 14 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 2008 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 8 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | San Bernardino Unit | not named |
| 7 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 5 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Desert District | STODDARD |
| 5 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | San Bernardino Unit | not named |
| 4 September 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | San Bernardino Unit | BOLDING |
| 30 September 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 30 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 17 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Spring Valley Lake: 11 past producers, 2 occurrences, 2 prospects, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Limestone, General, Granite, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Concha | Gold, Lead | Occurrence | ||
| Eureka | Copper, Gold | Prospect | ||
| Feldspar Mine | Feldspar | Past Producer | ||
| H and P Limestone Quarry | Limestone, Dimension | Unknown | ||
| Martre White Pit and Mill | Silica | Past Producer | ||
| Millionaire | Silver, Copper, Gold, Lead | Occurrence | ||
| Victorite Quarry | Talc-Soapstone | Past Producer | ||
| Victorville Plant | Calcium | Producer | ||
| Lif Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Victorville Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frost | 1.3 miles | 24 | |
| Thorn | 1.4 miles | 29 | |
| Greentree East | 1.8 miles | 24 | |
| Desert Knolls | 2.1 miles | 24 | |
| Sunset Hills | 2.4 miles | 35 | |
| Victorville | 3.2 miles | 24 | |
| Desert Knolls Manor | 4.1 miles | 21 | |
| Valley High North | 4.3 miles | 24 |
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 Spring Valley Lake | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6133445 | 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 2652389. 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.











