Cadiz, California
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1985. It lies in ZIP code area 92304. The Survey maps it on the Cadiz quadrangle. It stands 791 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1942 to 1985The same ground, surveyed 43 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1942 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 16 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.
- 1942 USGS Amboy quadrangle1:250000
- 1943 USGS Amboy quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Needles quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Cadiz quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Needles quadrangle1:250000, 7 printings
- 1981 USGS Needles quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Amboy quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Cadiz quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
4 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Cadiz between 1993 and 2018, burning about 1 acre in total. None started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Desert District | GOLD |
| 12 June 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | California Desert District | CHAMBLES |
| 26 May 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Mojave National Preserve | BLM AST#2 |
| 15 November 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | California Desert District | CADIZ |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Cadiz: 3 past producers, 2 occurrences, 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Dolomite, Clay, Marble, Dimension, Limestone, General. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hunger and Mcphillips | Bentonite | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Limestone, General, Dolomite | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Chromium | Prospect | ||
| Vaughn Marble Quarries | Marble, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Le Feure Clay | Clay | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Dolomite Occurrence | Dolomite | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Clay | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cadiz in 1 storm report in 1999: 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 1999 | Flash Flood | Cadiz | - | Radar rainfall estimates of up to three inches were confirmed by the California Highway Patrol which reported flooded roads in the vicinity of Cadiz, including Historic Route 66. |
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 Cadiz | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5016510 | 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 239977. 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.







