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.
Then and now
1910 to 1985The 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.


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.
- Barnwell RSLCC Headquarterslisted 2021 · 0.1 miles away
- Barnwell Corral and Wellslisted 2021 · 0.5 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 26 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.
- 1910 USGS Ivanpah quadrangle1:250000
- 1912 USGS Ivanpah quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1942 USGS Ivanpah quadrangle1:250000
- 1947 USGS Kingman quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Kingman quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Kingman quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Kingman quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Crescent Peak quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Kingman quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Kingman quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Castle Peaks quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Ivanpah quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
9 since 1993Regional 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 8 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | California Desert District | PM |
| 1 September 2007 | Natural | under an acre | California Desert District | LANFAIR |
| 6 August 1993 | Natural | under an acre | California Desert District | IVANPAH |
| 1 August 2014 | Natural | under an acre | Mojave National Preserve | QUINN PEAK |
| 5 July 2015 | Natural | 193 acres | Mojave National Preserve | HART |
| 19 July 1994 | Natural | under an acre | California Desert District | CRUTHERS |
| 29 June 1994 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Mojave National Preserve | NEWYORK#4 |
| 29 June 1994 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Mojave National Preserve | NEWYORK#5 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 71 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bronze Mine | Tungsten, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Copper Queen | Copper, Zinc, Tungsten | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Copper Queen Mine | Copper, Fluorine-Fluorite, Lead, Tungsten, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Giant Ledge | Copper, Tungsten | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Gillsmith and Victory | Tungsten, Zinc, Copper, Fluorine-Fluorite, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Gold Bar Mine | Gold, Copper, Silver, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Gold Bronze | Gold, Lead, Copper, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Gold Eagle Claims | Copper, Silver, Gold | Prospect | ||
| Gold/Red Prospect | Lead, Gold, Silver, Zinc | Prospect | ||
| Graphite Prospect | Graphite, Barium-Barite, Chromium | Prospect |
Storms near this place
7 since 1996Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2012 | Flash Flood | Barnwell | $10,000 | Several 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 2023 | Flash Flood | Barnwell | $5,000 | Flash 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 2009 | Flash Flood | Barnwell | - | Flash flooding stranded several people in vehicles on Hart Mine Road in the Mojave National Preserve. |
| September 2009 | Flash Flood | Barnwell | - | Extensive flooding occurred on Cedar Canyon Road near Lanfair Road. |
| September 2009 | Flash Flood | Barnwell | - | Ivanpah Rd. was washed out south of New York Mountain Rd. |
| September 2009 | Hail | Barnwell | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Flash Flood | Barnwell | - | no account filed |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vanderbilt | 2.7 miles | 27 | |
| Ivanpah | 5.1 miles | 27 | |
| Moore | 6.8 miles | 27 | |
| Hart (historical) | 7.0 miles | 27 | |
| Brant | 7.1 miles | 27 | |
| Juan | 9.3 miles | 27 | |
| Joshua | 11.4 miles | 27 | |
| Lanfair | 11.9 miles | 26 |
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 Barnwell | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q20714523 | 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 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.











