Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1998. 19 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1896.
From the record
“The San Bernardino County Court House, is a Classical Revival building located at 351 N. Arrowhead Ave. in San Bernardino, is the county courthouse for San Bernardino County, California.”
Wikipedia article San Bernardino County Court House, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 98 National Register listings published here for San Bernardino County · listed in 1998 · category: Building.
National Register reference number.97001632- 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
1,335 since 1992
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The
federal wildfire occurrence database
lists 1,335 fires within 5 miles of San Bernardino County Court House
between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,342 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 195 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
813
Arson/incendiarism
195
Equipment and vehicle use
127
Misuse of fire by a minor
97
Smoking
41
Debris and open burning
33
Recreation and ceremony
14
Natural
7
Railroad operations and maintenance
4
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
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
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
Regional context, not property-specific
evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists
23 workings within 5 miles of San Bernardino County Court House: 16 past producers, 6 producers, 1 occurrence.
6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General, Calcium, Marble, Dimension. 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
San Bernardino, the town this property stands in, in 24 storm reports between 1997 and 2024: 9 flash flood, 9 wildfire, 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 flood.
The reports record 5 deaths and 8 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.
Heavy rains over the San Bernardino Mountains caused a torrent of mud and water to run down Lytle Creek. More than three feet of mud was deposited on Glen Helen Rd and Lytle Creek. One car was swept away and burried in the mud. No one was in the car at the time. A week later on October 26, the body of a 49 year-old man was found tangled in mud and trees near the Lytle Creek ranger station. It appears likely that this man was swept away in the flood waters from the October 20 storm.
The Press Enterprise reported a large tree fallen on North Macy Street in San Bernardino, crushing the front of a car. A line of showers with lightning was crossing the mountains and high deserts at the time. |Nearby, in Fontana, an emergency manager reported a roof collapse due to the gusty wind and rain.
CHP reported the east and west bound lanes of Interstate 210 were flooded. CHP also reported Marshall Boulevard flooded between Sterling and Arden Avenues, with vehicles stuck in the roadway. A couple hours later, the California Department of Forestry reported significant flooding in the city of Highland in the area of Baseline Road. Everyone was advised to shelter in place while they check for people stuck in water/mud.
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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