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Summit Terrace, California

32 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Victorville-Hesperia census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92344. The Survey maps it on the Cajon quadrangle.

Summit Terrace 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 Summit Terrace, surveyed 1996
Topographic sheet of Summit Terrace, surveyed 1901

Compare 1901 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 32 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

530 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 530 fires within 5 miles of Summit Terrace between 1992 and 2020, burning about 12,298 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 20 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
Equipment and vehicle use249
Missing data/not specified/undetermined151
Railroad operations and maintenance25
Smoking22
Arson/incendiarism20
Debris and open burning18
Recreation and ceremony16
Natural9
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Fireworks4
Other causes2

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 2011Smokingunder an acreSan Bernardino National ForestOVERPASS
9 September 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Bernardino National ForestNORTH
9 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Bernardino UnitBEAVER AV BALDY_MESA
8 September 2004Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresSan Bernardino UnitWHITEHAVEN
8 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Bernardino UnitMARIPOSA
6 September 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Bernardino National ForestSULLIVAN
6 September 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Bernardino National ForestCLEGHORN 2
6 September 1996Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Bernardino National ForestRALPH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Bernardino County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Summit Terrace: 2 occurrences, 1 unknown, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Mercury, REE, 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
Black Sand GroupGoldPast Producer
SalamanderREEOccurrence
Red FoxMercuryOccurrence
Red FoxMercuryUnknown

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
Oak Hills3.4 miles32
Alray3.4 miles32
Cajon Junction3.6 miles32
Cajon3.7 miles32
Lugo4.5 miles32
High Country4.6 miles32
Cosy Dell4.9 miles32
Golden Valley Acres5.5 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 Q122550051The 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 1841862. 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.