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Cedar Springs, California

35 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the South Antelope Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93550. It lies near Kratka Ridge. The Survey maps it on the Waterman Mountain quadrangle.

Cedar Springs within Los Angeles County

Then and now

1901 to 1995

The same ground, surveyed 94 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Cedar Springs, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Cedar Springs, surveyed 1901

Compare 1901 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

16 surveys from 35 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

192 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 192 fires within 5 miles of Cedar Springs between 1992 and 2020, burning about 7,703 acres in total. 74 started naturally. 11 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
Natural74
Recreation and ceremony51
Missing data/not specified/undetermined27
Equipment and vehicle use17
Arson/incendiarism11
Smoking9
Debris and open burning1
Other causes1
Fireworks1

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 2015Naturalunder an acreAngeles National ForestROAD
9 September 1994Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreAngeles National ForestFLAT
6 September 2010Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreAngeles National ForestFORK
6 September 1993Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreAngeles National ForestMOONEY
5 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined14 acresAngeles National ForestPLEASANT
4 September 2011Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreAngeles National ForestLOG
4 September 1993Recreation and ceremony35 acresAngeles National ForestFORK
3 September 2007Naturalunder an acreAngeles National ForestWILLIAMSON

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Los Angeles County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Cedar Springs: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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
Donaldson ProspectSilverProspect

Every working recorded in Los Angeles 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
Falling Springs (historical)4.2 miles37
Paradise Springs5.2 miles35
Old Point Comfort5.2 miles35
Big Rock Springs6.4 miles35
Valyermo6.8 miles35
Juniper Hills7.0 miles34
Mile High7.3 miles34
Johnson Corner7.6 miles37

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 Q17162823The 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 1660454. 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.