Photograph by Publisher: Upland Public Library Contributor: Unknown Date: circa 1915, Public domain. Via
Wikimedia Commons.
Upland Public Library
Built in 1913 (Neoclassical architecture). Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990. 18 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1897.
From the record
“The Carnegie Library, historically known as the Upland Public Library, is a Carnegie library located at 123 East D Street in Upland, California. Built in 1913, the library was the first public building in Upland.”
Wikipedia article Carnegie Library (Upland, California), CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 98 National Register listings published here for San Bernardino County · listed in 1990 · category: Building · built in 1913, Neoclassical architecture.
National Register reference number.90001817- 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
1897 to 1982
The ground this property stands on, surveyed
85 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are
United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
18971982
Fires near this property
297 since 1992
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The
federal wildfire occurrence database
lists 297 fires within 5 miles of Upland Public Library
between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,516 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 49 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
152
Arson/incendiarism
49
Equipment and vehicle use
40
Misuse of fire by a minor
23
Smoking
16
Debris and open burning
10
Natural
3
Power generation/transmission/distribution
2
Fireworks
2
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
under an acre
San Bernardino Unit
not named
9 September 1994
Misuse of fire by a minor
110 acres
San Bernardino National Forest
AMETHYST
7 September 2006
Equipment and vehicle use
under an acre
California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
not named
6 September 2006
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
under an acre
California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
not named
5 September 2005
Arson/incendiarism
under an acre
California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection
not named
5 September 2004
Smoking
under an acre
Angeles National Forest
PALMER
4 September 2020
Missing data/not specified/undetermined
1.0 acres
San Bernardino Unit
not named
4 September 2006
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
12 workings within 5 miles of Upland Public Library: 8 past producers, 3 occurrences, 1 unknown.
None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Tungsten, Clay, Gold, Silver. 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
Upland, the town this property stands in, in 8 storm reports between 1999 and 2024: 3 flood, 2 wildfire, 2 flash flood, 1 lightning.
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.
Lightning struck Hillside High School in Upland. A palm tree was ripped up and a few bricks came off of one of the school buildings. A power outage occurred at around the same time in Claremont and affected 1,552 customers.
Spotter reported flash flooding and a swift water rescue just north of Upland. It was reported that the vehicle lost control, flipped over and was taking on water.
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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