Chino Hills

Coordinates: 33°56′2.051″N 117°44′16.199″W / 33.93390306°N 117.73783306°W / 33.93390306; -117.73783306
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Chino Hills
Highest point
Elevation485 m (1,591 ft)
Geography
Chino Hills is located in California
Chino Hills
Location of the Chino Hills in California[1]
CountryUnited States of America
StateCalifornia
District
USGS
 Prado Dam

The Chino Hills are a mountain range on the border of Orange, Los Angeles, and San Bernardino counties, California, with a small portion in Riverside County. The Chino Hills State Park preserves open space and habitat in them.[2]

Geography

The Chino Hills are separated from the

Carbon Canyon Road (State Route 142).[3]

Flora

The Chino Hills are in the

.

Chino Hills earthquake

On July 29, 2008, a

Wal-Mart, reported damage to merchandise which was knocked to the floor and South Coast Plaza in Costa Mesa
suffered damage to a portion of the ceiling which was knocked to the chair of a restaurant.

There were reports of minor injuries but no fatalities.[5]

Fauna

The famed cliff swallows of Mission San Juan Capistrano are now nesting in Chino Hills. Thousands of the small birds, up from 'wintering' in Argentina, have built their mud nests in the eaves of the Vellano Country Club, a community situated around a golf course in the hills.[6]

Adjacent ranges

See also

References

  1. ^ "Chino Hills". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2009-05-03.
  2. ^ McClung, Valerie. "Chino Hill California". City web Master. Retrieved August 9, 2012.
  3. ^ a b Santa Ana, California, 30x60 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1983
  4. ^ San Bernardino, California, 30x60 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1982
  5. ^ "Minor damage from 5.4 quake shows California has learned its lessons", Los Angeles Times, July 30, 2008
  6. ^ http://www.scpr.org/news/2010/06/06/famed-swallows-capistrano-nest-country-club/ Archived 2011-06-22 at the Wayback Machine -access date: 6/6/2010