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Twin Peaks, California

38 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Lake Arrowhead census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92391. It lies near Strawberry Flat. The Survey maps it on the Harrison Mountain quadrangle. It stands 5,777 feet above sea level.

Twin Peaks within San Bernardino County

Then and now

1899 to 1996

The same ground, surveyed 97 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Twin Peaks, surveyed 1996
Topographic sheet of Twin Peaks, surveyed 1899

Compare 1899 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

17 surveys from 38 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

727 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 727 fires within 5 miles of Twin Peaks between 1992 and 2020, burning about 109,105 acres in total. 27 started naturally. 48 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/undetermined317
Equipment and vehicle use117
Misuse of fire by a minor60
Arson/incendiarism48
Other causes46
Recreation and ceremony43
Smoking37
Natural27
Power generation/transmission/distribution16
Debris and open burning12
Fireworks4

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 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionEMERALD
9 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionFERN DR TWIN_PEAKS
9 September 2009Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSan Bernardino National ForestSHORE
9 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Bernardino Unitnot named
8 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Bernardino National ForestSEELEY
8 September 1999Other causes1.0 acresSan Bernardino National ForestSPYGLASS
8 September 1992Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresSan Bernardino National Forestnot named
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Bernardino National ForestOLD MILL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Bernardino County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Twin Peaks: 2 unknowns, 2 past producers, 1 prospect, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, Dimension, Gold, Silver, Limestone, Dimension, Feldspar. 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
Carmine ClaimGraniteUnknown
Dolomite Ridge PlacerLimestone, DimensionUnknown
Heaps Peak QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Hornblende PegmatiteGemstoneOccurrence
Keystone and Lucky JimFeldspar, Mica, SilicaPast Producer
Old Quarry Nos. 1 and 2Gold, Silver, Limestone, DimensionProspect

Every working recorded in San Bernardino County

Storms near this place

1 since 2021

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Twin Peaks in 1 storm report in 2021: 1 debris flow. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
October 2021Debris FlowTwin Peaks-A large boulder was in a lane of Highway 18 at Gregory Lane reported on Quickmap via CHP Caltrans. Heavy rain band moved through this area with rain rates of 0.70 inch per hour.

Every storm 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
Rimforest0.8 miles38
Agua Fria0.8 miles38
Blue Jay1.4 miles38
Arrowhead Highlands1.7 miles41
Meadowbrook Woods1.7 miles38
Crest Park2.0 miles38
Lake Arrowhead2.4 miles38
Crestline2.8 miles41

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 Twin PeaksAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7858249The 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 1661596. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.