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Argos, California

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1977. It stands in the Newberry Springs-Baker census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92338. The Survey maps it on the Lavic Lake quadrangle.

Argos within San Bernardino County

Then and now

1953 to 1977

The same ground, surveyed 24 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Argos, surveyed 1977
Topographic sheet of Argos, surveyed 1953

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 14 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

4 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Argos between 1993 and 2020, burning under an acre in total. None started naturally. None was 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/undetermined2
Equipment and vehicle use2

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
29 July 2008Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictBDC ASSIST 8058
27 June 1993Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictLUDLOW
20 June 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMojave National PreserveSANTA FE
12 June 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictLUDLOW

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Bernardino County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Argos: 7 occurrences, 5 past producers, 2 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Strontium, Molybdenum, Manganese, Barium-Barite. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Lee Yim DepositPhosphorus-Phosphates, Aluminum, Barium-Barite, Calcium, Iron, Manganese, SilicaPast Producer1917, 1918
Unnamed LocationSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unnamed PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Hansen Barite DepositBarium-BaritePast Producer
Imperial LoadMolybdenumOccurrenceVein
Imperial Lode MineMolybdenumOccurrenceWulfenite
Lee YimManganeseProducerPsilomelane
Paymaster MineManganeseProspect
Unnamed Barite DepositBarium-BariteOccurrence
Argos DepositStrontiumPast Producer

Every working recorded in San Bernardino County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Lavic3.3 miles14
Ludlow4.8 miles13
Pisgah6.0 miles14
Ragtown6.7 miles13
Stedman7.9 miles13
Kenton Mill8.1 miles14
Ash Hill10.5 miles12
Broadwell10.7 miles13

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q17142921The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1660264. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

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.