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Cajon Junction, California

32 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Mount Baldy-Wrightwood census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92371. It lies near Crowder Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Cajon quadrangle.

Cajon Junction within San Bernardino County

Then and now

1901 to 1996

The same ground, surveyed 95 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Cajon Junction, surveyed 1996
Topographic sheet of Cajon Junction, surveyed 1901

Compare 1901 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 32 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

697 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 697 fires within 5 miles of Cajon Junction between 1992 and 2020, burning about 55,937 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 47 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
Equipment and vehicle use310
Missing data/not specified/undetermined205
Arson/incendiarism47
Railroad operations and maintenance34
Recreation and ceremony28
Smoking19
Debris and open burning18
Misuse of fire by a minor10
Natural9
Power generation/transmission/distribution9
Fireworks6
Other causes2

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
9 September 2011Smokingunder an acreSan Bernardino National ForestOVERPASS
9 September 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Bernardino National ForestFEDEX
9 September 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Bernardino National ForestNORTH
9 September 2001Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSan Bernardino National ForestARIZONA
8 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresSan Bernardino National ForestLYTLE
8 September 2004Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresSan Bernardino UnitWHITEHAVEN
7 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Bernardino National ForestHEROES
7 September 2001Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Bernardino National ForestTHIRTY-EIGHT

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Bernardino County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Cajon Junction: 4 occurrences, 2 unknowns, 2 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Mercury, Graphite, Clay. 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
Flying W Ranch ManganeseManganeseOccurrence
Good Neighbor #1 MineBentonite, ClayProducer
SalamanderREEOccurrence
Smith Family Mining ClaimGold, Graphite, ClayUnknown
White QueenLimestone, DimensionOccurrence
Applejack 1 & 2SilverProspect
Red FoxMercuryOccurrence
Red FoxMercuryUnknown
Williams ProspectGold, SilverProspect
Black Sand GroupGoldPast Producer

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
Alray1.2 miles32
Cajon1.3 miles32
Cosy Dell2.5 miles32
Summit Terrace3.6 miles32
Lytle Creek3.9 miles33
Keenbrook4.4 miles41
Scotland4.9 miles41
Devore Heights6.0 miles41

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 Cajon JunctionAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q22077990The 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 1660409. 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.