BlockCharleston View, California
26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Death Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 89061. The Survey maps it on the Calvada Springs quadrangle.
Then and now
1910 to 1985The 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 sheets covering this place
12 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.
- 1910 USGS Ivanpah quadrangle1:250000
- 1912 USGS Ivanpah quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1942 USGS Ivanpah quadrangle1:250000
- 1947 USGS Kingman quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Kingman quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Kingman quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Kingman quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Horse Thief Springs quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Kingman quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Kingman quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Calvada Springs quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Mesquite Lake quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
4 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Charleston View between 1995 and 2016, burning about 78 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 August 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | California Desert District | HALLORAN 3 |
| 31 July 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest | TWENTY |
| 8 May 2011 | Debris and open burning | 77 acres | California Desert District | SPANISH TRAIL |
| 5 April 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Southern Nevada District Office | STUMPSPRS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calvada Springs | 0.3 miles | 26 | |
| Tecopa | 19.2 miles | 21 | |
| Shoshone | 19.8 miles | 20 | |
| Evelyn | 25.5 miles | 24 | |
| Death Valley Junction | 35.9 miles | 24 | |
| Lila C (historical) | 37.2 miles | 24 | |
| Greenwater (historical) | 40.9 miles | 24 | |
| Ashford Junction | 41.3 miles | 21 |
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 Q122568203 | 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 2804176. 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.