Ceneda, California
26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1976. It stands in the East Kern census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93519. It lies near Last Chance Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Cantil quadrangle. It stands 1,946 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1915 to 1976The same ground, surveyed 61 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 26 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.
- 1915 USGS Searles Lake quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1943 USGS Saltdale quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1947 USGS Trona quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Trona quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Trona quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Trona quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1960 USGS Trona quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Cantil quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1976 USGS Cuddeback Lake quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
3 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Ceneda between 1998 and 2018, burning about 1,374 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | California Desert District | ABBOTT FIRE |
| 16 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Desert District | ONION |
| 1 August 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,373 acres | California Desert District | GARLOCK 2 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 58 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 58 workings within 5 miles of Ceneda: 26 past producers, 12 occurrences, 11 prospects, 6 unknowns. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Clay, Bentonite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apache Deposit | Manganese | Occurrence | Residual | |
| Black Eagle Group | Perlite | Prospect | ||
| Cotton Ball Borax | Boron-Borates | Past Producer | ||
| Golden Glow | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| J and L Claim | Emery | Past Producer | ||
| Koehn Lake | Boron-Borates, Halite, Gypsum-Anhydrite | Past Producer | 1873, 1929 | |
| Mojave | Copper, Gold, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Orange Blossom | Copper, Gold | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Quartzite | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Rattle Snake Group | Lead, Copper, Silver, Gold | Prospect |
Storms near this place
2 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ceneda in 2 storm reports between 2011 and 2025: 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2011 | Flash Flood | Ceneda | $25,000 | The California Highway Patrol reported standing water and mud in Red Rock-Randsburg Road 5 miles east of Saltdale. |
| November 2025 | Flash Flood | Ceneda | - | CHP reports Redrock-Randsburg Road closed between US 395 and SR 14. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saltdale (historical) | 0.6 miles | 26 | |
| Gypsite | 2.4 miles | 26 | |
| Redrock (historical) | 3.9 miles | 26 | |
| Old Garlock | 4.1 miles | 24 | |
| Cantil | 4.9 miles | 26 | |
| Ricardo | 5.1 miles | 26 | |
| Garlock | 6.6 miles | 24 | |
| Rancho Seco | 6.9 miles | 26 |
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 Q5058828 | 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 252869. 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.








