BlockAsh Hill, California
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1977. It stands in the Newberry Springs-Baker census division. The Survey maps it on the Ash Hill quadrangle. It stands 1,942 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1953 to 1977The 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 sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 12 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1953 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Ash Hill quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Ludlow quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:250000
- 1977 USGS Newberry Springs quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
8 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Ash Hill between 1994 and 2020, burning about 2 acres 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 August 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | California Desert District | BDC AST 19 |
| 15 July 1994 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | California Desert District | ASH |
| 13 July 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | California Desert District | CRUCERO |
| 7 June 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | California Desert District | BDC AST 9 |
| 3 May 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Mojave National Preserve | INATIONAL |
| 3 May 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | California Desert District | LUDLOW |
| 29 May 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | California Desert District | 59ER FIRE |
| 24 February 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 12 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Ash Hill: 7 occurrences, 4 prospects, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Barium-Barite, Bentonite, Copper. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dictator | Gemstone | Prospect | ||
| Mineral Monarch | Copper, Gold, Silver | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Location | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Perlite Occurrence | Perlite | Occurrence | ||
| Siberia Clay Prospect | Bentonite | Occurrence | Bentonite | |
| Unnamed | Barium-Barite | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Barite Occurrence | Barium-Barite | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Bentonite Prospect Group | Bentonite | Occurrence | Bentonite | |
| Siberia Deposit | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Clay Occurrence | Clay | Occurrence |
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.
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.
| Wikipedia article on Ash Hill | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q17151907 | The 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 1660273. 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.