Beveridge, California
26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Independence census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93545. The Survey maps it on the New York Butte quadrangle. It stands 5,587 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1908 to 1987The same ground, surveyed 79 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
14 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.
- 1908 USGS Ballarat quadrangle1:250000
- 1913 USGS Ballarat quadrangle1:250000, 7 printings
- 1948 USGS Death Valley quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS New York Butte quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1951 USGS New York Butte quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Death Valley quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Death Valley quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Death Valley quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Death Valley quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Death Valley quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Death Valley quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Death Valley quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Saline Valley quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1987 USGS New York Butte quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
1 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Beveridge in 2007, burning about 1 acre in total. 1 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 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 August 2007 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Central California District | KEYNOT |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 83 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 83 workings within 5 miles of Beveridge: 41 past producers, 17 prospects, 16 occurrences, 9 plants. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Copper, Gold, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barranca Mine | Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Bighorn Mine | Gold, Copper, Iron | Past Producer | Chalcopyrite, Gold, Pyrite | |
| Gold Standard Mine | Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Iron, Zinc | Past Producer | Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Hematite, Malachite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite | |
| Hope Mine | Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Keynot Mine | Gold, Copper, Silver | Plant | 1878 | |
| Loadstar Claim | Copper, Nickel | Occurrence | ||
| Saline Valley | Boron-Borates | Past Producer | 1888, 1892 | |
| Silver Ridge No. 1 Prospect | Silver, Lead, Copper, Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Silver Ridge No. 2 Mine | Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Snowflake Talc Mine | Talc-Soapstone | Past Producer |
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 Beveridge | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4899372 | 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 1667157. 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.













