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Barnwell, California

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Newberry Springs-Baker census division. The Survey maps it on the Castle Peaks quadrangle.

Barnwell within San Bernardino County

Then and now

1910 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 75 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Barnwell, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Barnwell, surveyed 1910

On record in Barnwell

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 2 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 26 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

9 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Barnwell between 1993 and 2015, burning about 235 acres in total. 8 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
Natural8
Debris and open burning1

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
19 September 1993Debris and open burning2.0 acresCalifornia Desert DistrictPM
1 September 2007Naturalunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictLANFAIR
6 August 1993Naturalunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictIVANPAH
1 August 2014Naturalunder an acreMojave National PreserveQUINN PEAK
5 July 2015Natural193 acresMojave National PreserveHART
19 July 1994Naturalunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictCRUTHERS
29 June 1994Natural1.0 acresMojave National PreserveNEWYORK#4
29 June 1994Natural1.0 acresMojave National PreserveNEWYORK#5

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Bernardino County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 71 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 71 workings within 5 miles of Barnwell: 44 prospects, 17 past producers, 6 occurrences, 2 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Silver, Zinc. 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
Bronze MineTungsten, Copper, Lead, Silver, ZincPast Producer
Copper QueenCopper, Zinc, TungstenOccurrenceVein
Copper Queen MineCopper, Fluorine-Fluorite, Lead, Tungsten, ZincPast Producer
Giant LedgeCopper, TungstenOccurrenceVein
Gillsmith and VictoryTungsten, Zinc, Copper, Fluorine-Fluorite, SilverProspect
Gold Bar MineGold, Copper, Silver, LeadPast Producer
Gold BronzeGold, Lead, Copper, SilverPast Producer
Gold Eagle ClaimsCopper, Silver, GoldProspect
Gold/Red ProspectLead, Gold, Silver, ZincProspect
Graphite ProspectGraphite, Barium-Barite, ChromiumProspect

Every working recorded in San Bernardino County

Storms near this place

7 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Barnwell in 7 storm reports between 1996 and 2023: 6 flash flood, 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2012Flash FloodBarnwell$10,000Several unpaved roads were closed due to flooding in the southeast part of the Mojave National Preserve. Sections of paved roads were covered with debris and grapefruit sized rocks.
August 2023Flash FloodBarnwell$5,000Flash flooding on the York Fire burn area caused water and debris to flow over multiple roads, including Ivanpah Rd and New York Mountain Rd.
July 2009Flash FloodBarnwell-Flash flooding stranded several people in vehicles on Hart Mine Road in the Mojave National Preserve.
September 2009Flash FloodBarnwell-Extensive flooding occurred on Cedar Canyon Road near Lanfair Road.
September 2009Flash FloodBarnwell-Ivanpah Rd. was washed out south of New York Mountain Rd.
September 2009HailBarnwell-no account filed
July 1996Flash FloodBarnwell-no account filed

Every storm 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
Vanderbilt2.7 miles27
Ivanpah5.1 miles27
Moore6.8 miles27
Hart (historical)7.0 miles27
Brant7.1 miles27
Juan9.3 miles27
Joshua11.4 miles27
Lanfair11.9 miles26

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 BarnwellAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q20714523The 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 1656429. 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.

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.