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Chase, 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 Cima quadrangle.

Chase 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 Chase, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Chase, 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

26 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Chase between 1992 and 2020, burning about 719 acres in total. 17 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
Natural17
Equipment and vehicle use3
Recreation and ceremony2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Smoking1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
18 September 1999Naturalunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictNPSASIST10
10 September 1996Naturalunder an acreMojave National PreserveCEDAR#2
10 September 1996Naturalunder an acreMojave National PreserveCEDAR
9 August 1995Smoking1.0 acresMojave National PreserveCIMA2
8 August 2001Naturalunder an acreMojave National PreserveKESSLER
6 August 2005Naturalunder an acreMojave National PreserveDOME
5 August 1993Naturalunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictHACKBERRY2
19 August 2013Naturalunder an acreMojave National PreserveBROOKLYN FLATS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Bernardino County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Chase: 12 prospects, 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Gold, Lead, Tungsten, Zinc, Tungsten. 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
B. O.Copper, Gold, Lead, Tungsten, ZincProspect
Big Quartz MineMolybdenumProspect
Cima-Death Valley MineSilverProducer
Death ValleyZinc, LeadProducer
Death Valley MineLead, Gold, SilverPast Producer
Holliman and MurphyClayProspect
Owl No. 1TungstenProspect
SchiedelLimestone, GeneralProspect
Unnamed ProspectGold, Barium-BariteProspect
Unnamed ProspectGoldProspect

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
Thomas Place2.1 miles27
Elora3.4 miles27
Cima3.7 miles27
Joshua6.7 miles27
Rainbow Wells8.0 miles26
Brant10.2 miles27
Hayden11.2 miles26
Kelso14.3 miles27

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1656457. 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.