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Barstow Heights, California

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Barstow census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92311. The Survey maps it on the Barstow SE quadrangle.

Barstow Heights within San Bernardino County

Then and now

1932 to 1982

The same ground, surveyed 50 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Barstow Heights, surveyed 1982
Topographic sheet of Barstow Heights, surveyed 1932

Compare 1932 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 18 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

87 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 87 fires within 5 miles of Barstow Heights between 1992 and 2020, burning about 72 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 9 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/undetermined51
Misuse of fire by a minor10
Equipment and vehicle use9
Arson/incendiarism9
Debris and open burning5
Smoking2
Natural1

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
3 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
29 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
17 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
14 September 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
6 August 2009Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
3 August 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
29 August 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
28 August 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Bernardino County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 34 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 34 workings within 5 miles of Barstow Heights: 18 past producers, 13 prospects, 2 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Silver. 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
Birdseye Granite QuarryGranitePast Producer
Brubaker-Mann Roofing Granule PlanStonePast Producer
Nw Barstow DolomiteDolomite, MagnesiteOccurrence
Pacific Coast Mill and Mining Co.Gold, Copper, SilverPast Producer
Pink Lady Clay DepositClayProspect
Potter Bentonite ProspectBentoniteOccurrenceBentonite
Unnamed ProspectCalciumProspect
Unnamed ProspectPumiceProspect
Unnamed ProspectGold, Zinc, Silver, Lead, CopperProspect
Unnamed ProspectGold, Zinc, Lead, SilverProspect

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
Lenwood2.6 miles21
Barstow2.7 miles21
Hutt2.8 miles21
Grandview3.0 miles21
North Barstow3.8 miles21
Irwin Estates3.9 miles21
Mace (historical)4.2 miles21
Skyline North4.4 miles21

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 Q49345465The 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 1839713. 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.