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Bankhead Springs, California

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1931 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Mountain Empire census division. It lies in ZIP code area 91934. It lies near Goat Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Jacumba quadrangle.

Bankhead Springs within San Diego County

Then and now

1931 to 1997

The same ground, surveyed 66 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Bankhead Springs, surveyed 1997
Topographic sheet of Bankhead Springs, surveyed 1931

Compare 1931 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 20 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

200 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 200 fires within 5 miles of Bankhead Springs between 1992 and 2020, burning about 7,088 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 8 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/undetermined89
Equipment and vehicle use51
Recreation and ceremony17
Misuse of fire by a minor12
Arson/incendiarism8
Natural8
Debris and open burning6
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Smoking2
Firearms and explosives use2
Railroad operations and maintenance2

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
8 September 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Diego UnitRIBBONWOOD 4
7 September 2000Naturalunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictJACUMBA
6 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Diego UnitHI PASS RD TIERRA_DEL_SO
5 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionOLD 2
30 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Diego UnitCARRIZO GORGE RD JACU 18
25 September 2000Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresCalifornia Desert DistrictJACUMBA 2
25 September 1992Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresSan Diego UnitMCCAIN
20 September 1997Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Diego UnitTOE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Diego County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 44 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 44 workings within 5 miles of Bankhead Springs: 13 occurrences, 12 prospects, 11 producers, 8 past producers. 11 still produce. What was taken out: Silica, Manganese, Tungsten, Quartz. 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
Atomic Flat GroupUranium, ThoriumProspect
Carrizo Gorge DepositWollastoniteOccurrence
Jacumba Hot SpringsGeothermalProducer
Last Canyon MineStrontiumProspect
Mcguffie Foundation DepositStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Mcguffie Foundation DepositPumicePast Producer
Packrat MineGemstone, Semiprecious GemstoneProducer
UnnamedNickel, CopperProspect
Beebe Hole MineSemiprecious GemstoneProducer
Crystal Gem MineGemstoneProducer

Every working recorded in San Diego 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
Boulevard1.8 miles19
Calexico Lodge2.3 miles19
Manzanita2.8 miles19
Titus3.6 miles20
Jacumba Hot Springs3.6 miles15
Tierra del Sol4.6 miles18
Live Oak Springs5.6 miles19
Mortero Palms6.8 miles20

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 Q122588853The 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 238958. 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.