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Calada, California

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Newberry Springs-Baker census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92364. The Survey maps it on the Desert quadrangle.

Calada within San Bernardino County

Then and now

1910 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 75 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Calada, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Calada, surveyed 1910

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 27 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

16 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Calada between 1992 and 2019, burning about 5 acres 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
Equipment and vehicle use11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
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
11 September 1992Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictYATES
7 August 1994Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictMINE
1 August 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictYATES
18 July 2001Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMojave National PreserveYATES
16 July 1997Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictCALADA
7 June 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresClark County Fire DepartmentCLRX 37
6 June 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictSTUCK
6 June 2003Naturalunder an acreMojave National PreservePINYON

Every fire recorded in San Bernardino County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Calada: 2 prospects, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Copper. 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
Copper Hill ClaimsCopperOccurrence1974
Unnamed MineGoldProspect
White HatGoldProspect

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
Nipton9.4 miles27
Wheaton Springs9.8 miles26
Mountain Pass11.9 miles26
Moore14.3 miles27
Ivanpah16.8 miles27
Vanderbilt18.3 miles27
Brant19.9 miles27
Valley Wells Station20.2 miles27

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 Q122569644The 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 1656447. 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.