Built in 1908. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. 19 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1896.
From the record
“The Colton Carnegie Library is a Carnegie library located at 380 North La Cadena Drive in Colton, California. The library was built in 1908 through a $10,000 grant from the Carnegie Foundation.”
Wikipedia article Colton Carnegie Library, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 98 National Register listings published here for San Bernardino County · listed in 1988 · category: Building · built in 1908.
National Register reference number.88000894- 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
1896 to 1982
The ground this property stands on, surveyed
86 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are
United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
18961982
Fires near this property
847 since 1992
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The
federal wildfire occurrence database
lists 847 fires within 5 miles of Carnegie Public Library Building
between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,772 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 118 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
533
Arson/incendiarism
118
Equipment and vehicle use
82
Misuse of fire by a minor
48
Smoking
33
Debris and open burning
24
Recreation and ceremony
4
Railroad operations and maintenance
2
Natural
2
Power generation/transmission/distribution
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 2018
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
under an acre
California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
not named
9 September 2018
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
under an acre
California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
not named
9 September 2018
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
under an acre
California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
not named
8 September 2006
Debris and open burning
under an acre
San Bernardino Unit
GOLFBALL
7 September 2019
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
under an acre
San Bernardino Unit
not named
7 September 2010
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
2.0 acres
California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
not named
7 September 2006
Equipment and vehicle use
1.0 acres
Riverside Unit
CHAMOMILE INC
7 September 2005
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
33 workings within 5 miles of Carnegie Public Library Building: 25 past producers, 6 producers, 2 occurrences.
6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay. 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
Colton, the town this property stands in, in 10 storm reports between 2001 and 2017: 4 wildfire, 2 flood, 1 heavy rain, 1 flash flood.
The reports record 2 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.
A lightning strike damaged a critical power transformer in Colton, cutting power to 95% of the city. An estimated 50,000 customers lost power. Area schools closed due to a lack of power that lingered into the following day.
United States Geological Survey topographic
sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the coordinate the National Park Service records for this property, 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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