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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.

Beveridge within Inyo County

Then and now

1908 to 1987

The 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 sheet of Beveridge, surveyed 1987
Topographic sheet of Beveridge, surveyed 1908

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 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

1 since 2007

Regional 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
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
7 August 2007Natural1.0 acresCentral California DistrictKEYNOT

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Inyo County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 83 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Barranca MineGold, Copper, Lead, SilverPast Producer
Bighorn MineGold, Copper, IronPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Gold, Pyrite
Gold Standard MineGold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Iron, ZincPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Hematite, Malachite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
Hope MineSilver, Gold, Lead, ZincPast Producer
Keynot MineGold, Copper, SilverPlant1878
Loadstar ClaimCopper, NickelOccurrence
Saline ValleyBoron-BoratesPast Producer1888, 1892
Silver Ridge No. 1 ProspectSilver, Lead, Copper, GoldOccurrence
Silver Ridge No. 2 MineGold, Lead, Silver, ZincPast Producer
Snowflake Talc MineTalc-SoapstonePast Producer

Every working recorded in Inyo 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
Owenyo7.1 miles32
Reward8.0 miles32
Manzanar9.1 miles32
Alico9.6 miles28
Lone Pine10.4 miles34
Dolomite10.6 miles28
Mock11.1 miles28
Swansea12.4 miles28

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 BeveridgeAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q4899372The 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.