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Sunset Hills, California

35 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 92308. It lies near Pioneer Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Apple Valley South quadrangle.

Sunset Hills within San Bernardino County

Then and now

1901 to 1982

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Sunset Hills, surveyed 1982
Topographic sheet of Sunset Hills, surveyed 1901

Compare 1901 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 35 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

274 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 274 fires within 5 miles of Sunset Hills between 1992 and 2020, burning about 599 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 39 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/undetermined175
Arson/incendiarism39
Equipment and vehicle use19
Misuse of fire by a minor16
Debris and open burning13
Smoking8
Natural1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Fireworks1
Recreation and ceremony1

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 2008Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
9 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Bernardino UnitASSIST
8 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSan Bernardino Unitnot named
8 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Bernardino UnitVIENTO
7 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
5 September 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSan Bernardino Unitnot named
5 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
30 September 2008Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Bernardino County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Sunset Hills: 7 past producers, 2 occurrences, 2 prospects, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Limestone, General, Lead. 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
ConchaGold, LeadOccurrence
EurekaCopper, GoldProspect
Feldspar MineFeldsparPast Producer
H and P Limestone QuarryLimestone, DimensionUnknown
Martre White Pit and MillSilicaPast Producer
MillionaireSilver, Copper, Gold, LeadOccurrence
St. John GraniteGranitePast Producer
Victorite QuarryTalc-SoapstonePast Producer
Victorville PlantCalciumProducer
Lif PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

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
Apple Valley2.0 miles21
Spring Valley Lake2.4 miles29
Desert Knolls3.0 miles24
Frost3.1 miles24
Cotners Corner3.2 miles35
Thorn3.4 miles29
Greentree East3.9 miles24
Lone Wolf Colony3.9 miles35

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1841760. 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.