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Yucaipa, California

36 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1899 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Yucaipa census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92399. It stands on Wilson Creek. The Survey maps it on the Yucaipa quadrangle. 54,542 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,618 feet above sea level.

Yucaipa 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 Yucaipa, surveyed 1996
Topographic sheet of Yucaipa, surveyed 1899

Compare 1899 against another survey:

Population over time

2 figures

Yucaipa grew from 51,367 to 54,542 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.

YearPeople Change
201051,367
202054,542+3,175 (+6%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 36 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

868 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 868 fires within 5 miles of Yucaipa between 1992 and 2020, burning about 49,107 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 90 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/undetermined346
Equipment and vehicle use226
Arson/incendiarism90
Misuse of fire by a minor72
Smoking64
Debris and open burning33
Recreation and ceremony14
Power generation/transmission/distribution12
Natural7
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Fireworks1
Other causes1

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 2019Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSan Bernardino UnitVALLEY VIEW MHP YUCAIPA_C
8 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Bernardino UnitWEST BOUND
8 September 1995Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreRiverside UnitSTATE FIRE
8 September 1995Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSan Bernardino UnitRUTHERFORD
7 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined55 acresSouthern California AgencyBANNING INC.
7 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreRiverside UnitFREEWAY
7 September 1993Natural1.0 acresJoshua Tree National MonumentCAMENO
6 September 2008Other causes125 acresCalifornia Desert DistrictGARNET

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Bernardino County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Yucaipa: 2 past producers, 2 occurrences, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Flagstone, Copper, 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
Borrow PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Mentone SandstoneFlagstonePast Producer
Pauper's Dream and QuiduncCopper, GoldOccurrenceVein
Pauper's Dream and Quindunc GroupGold, CopperOccurrence
Bald Eagle Mining Co.GoldProspect

Every working recorded in San Bernardino County

Storms near this place

23 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Yucaipa in 23 storm reports between 1998 and 2023: 7 flash flood, 5 heavy rain, 4 wildfire, 2 thunderstorm wind. The reports record 1 injury. 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
December 2003LightningYucaipa1 hurtno account filed
July 1999Flash FloodYucaipa$1,500,000no account filed
November 2022Debris FlowYucaipa$10,000Heavy rain fell in and around the Apple/ El Dorado burn scar on November 8, resulting in debris flow flooding. Roadway flooding was reported on Oak Glen Road and Potato Canyon Road at 12099 Oak Glen Road. El Dorado burn scar and flood prone area has had many prior flash floods and debris flows.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindYucaipa$5,000CHP reported power lines down and trees blocking the roadway on San Timoteo Canyon Road near Redlands Blvd.
August 2005Flash FloodYucaipa$5,000Flash flooding was reported by a trained spotter east of Yucaipa.
January 2005Flash FloodYucaipa$5,000no account filed
February 2004Flash FloodYucaipa$5,000no account filed
July 2018Flash FloodYucaipa$1,000CalTrans and California Highway Patrol reported flash flooding on Valley of the Falls Drive near Highway 38. Concerns for debris flow movement and heavy rain forced the closure of Valley of the Falls Drive through the afternoon on July 12th.
March 2023Heavy RainYucaipa-A trained spotter near Yucaipa reported storm total rainfall of 1.65 inches as of midday on March 1st.
November 2022Flash FloodYucaipa-Heavy rain fell in and around the Apple/ El Dorado burn scar on November 8, resulting in debris flow and flash flooding. Roadway flooding was reported on Oak Glen Road and Potato Canyon Road, with the roadway washing out at 12099 Oak Glen Road.
March 2022Heavy RainYucaipa-Spotter reported storm total rainfall of 0.71 inch.
September 2022Heavy RainYucaipa-Thunderstorms produced moderate rainfall southeast of Yucaipa. A trained spotter reported 0.56 inch of heavy rain, and Mesonet station CW1772 Yucaipa reported 1.06 inch of rain in one hour.
July 2021Heavy RainYucaipa-Table of rainfall amounts over 7 days across the El Dorado and Apple Burn Scars. Three locations received over 1 inch in 7 days.
July 2018Debris FlowYucaipa-Numerous thunderstorms formed in the San Bernardino Mountains due to enhanced monsoonal moisture on July 7th. Heavy rain from the thunderstorms resulted in multiple debris flows on State Route 38. The first debris flow was reported on State Route 38 near Valley of the Falls Drive in Forest Falls. This debris flow was approximately 11 feet deep and 25 feet wide. State Route 38 closed at Valley of the Falls Drive due to the debris flow. No injuries were reported, but at least one vehicle was stuck in the debris flow. Another debris flow was reported on State Route 38 and Frustration Creek west of Mountain Home Village. This debris flow was approximately 100 feet wide and 10 feet deep.
August 2014Flash FloodYucaipa-CHP reports roadway flooded near the intersection of Oak Glen Road and Glen Road east of Yucaipa, with debris and water covering the road making it impassable. An NWS employee reported similar conditions along Oak Glen Road further west toward Yucaipa.
August 2010Heavy RainYucaipa-The Mesonet site at Yucaipa Ridge reported that 0.51 inches of rain fell in 8 minutes between 1145 and 1153 PST on August 25th.
August 2005Thunderstorm WindYucaipa-no account filed
August 2005Funnel CloudYucaipa-no account filed
August 2003WildfireYucaipa-no account filed
November 2002FloodYucaipa-no account filed
February 2002WildfireYucaipa-no account filed
October 2001WildfireYucaipa-no account filed
August 1998WildfireYucaipa-no account filed

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
North Bench2.2 miles36
Dunlap Acres3.4 miles36
Crafton4.6 miles36
Greenspot (historical)5.1 miles36
Oak Glen5.2 miles33
Mountain Home Village5.2 miles33
Mentone5.5 miles39
Warner5.8 miles39

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 YucaipaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q598567The 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 1652818. 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.