Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2001. 17 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1899.
From the record
“The Highland Historic District is a historic district encompassing some of the oldest parts of Highland, California. The district includes the city's original townsite, which was platted in 1891, and parts of a 1904 addition; significant development in the district continued through 1938.”
Wikipedia article Highland Historic District (Highland, California), CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 98 National Register listings published here for San Bernardino County · listed in 2001 · category: District.
National Register reference number.01000333- the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.
Then and now
1899 to 1996
The ground this property stands on, surveyed
97 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are
United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
18991996
Fires near this property
1,241 since 1992
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The
federal wildfire occurrence database
lists 1,241 fires within 5 miles of Highland Historic District
between 1992 and 2020, burning about 11,613 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 179 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
683
Arson/incendiarism
179
Equipment and vehicle use
165
Misuse of fire by a minor
96
Smoking
35
Debris and open burning
30
Recreation and ceremony
27
Natural
12
Power generation/transmission/distribution
6
Firearms and explosives use
3
Fireworks
3
Railroad operations and maintenance
1
Other causes
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 2020
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
1.0 acres
San Bernardino Unit
not named
9 September 2019
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
under an acre
San Bernardino Unit
not named
9 September 2018
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
under an acre
California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists
15 workings within 5 miles of Highland Historic District: 11 past producers, 4 producers.
4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General, Limestone, Dimension, Geothermal. Distance is straight-line from the
map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring
settlement's page as well.
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The National Weather Service names
Highland, the town this property stands in, in 4 storm reports between 1997 and 2015: 2 flash flood, 1 wildfire, 1 flood.
The reports record 1 death and 13 injuries. 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.
One house had damage inside from flooding on the San Manuel Indian Reservation, while a second house had flooding on the outside, but did not sustain any damage inside. This was dubbed the Victoria Weather Incident by the San Bernardino County EOC.
United States Geological Survey topographic
sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the middle of the area the National Park Service maps for this listing, then
testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.
Other National Register properties close
enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both
positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties
to their map sheets.
Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
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.
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