BlockCima, 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 Mid Hills quadrangle. 21 people lived here at the 2000 count. It stands 4,175 feet above sea level.
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.
On record in Cima
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 12 of 15 shown
- 10 Mile Corrallisted 2021
- 6 Mile Corrallisted 2021
- 8 Mile Corrallisted 2021
- Cottonwood Corrallisted 2021
- Cut Spring Corrallisted 2025
- Cut Tank Corrallisted 2021
- Deer Spring Corrallisted 2021
- Government Holeslisted 2021
- Mescal Mining Districtlisted 2023
- Payne Corrallisted 2021
- Thomas Place Corrallisted 2021
- Valley View Ranch Corrallisted 2025
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 27 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
- 1955 USGS Mid Hills quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Kingman quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Kingman quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1983 USGS Mid Hills quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Ivanpah quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
27 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 27 fires within 5 miles of Cima between 1992 and 2020, burning about 179 acres in total. 13 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 August 1995 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Mojave National Preserve | CIMA2 |
| 8 August 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Mojave National Preserve | KESSLER |
| 6 August 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Mojave National Preserve | DOME |
| 5 August 1993 | Natural | under an acre | California Desert District | HACKBERRY2 |
| 25 August 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 67 acres | Mojave National Preserve | STAR |
| 20 August 2013 | Natural | 42 acres | Mojave National Preserve | DOME |
| 19 August 2013 | Natural | under an acre | Mojave National Preserve | BROOKLYN FLATS |
| 13 August 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | California Desert District | TIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 14 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Cima: 10 prospects, 2 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Tungsten, Zinc, Lead. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big Quartz Mine | Molybdenum | Prospect | ||
| Billy Boy Mine | Gold, Copper, Zinc, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Death Valley | Zinc, Lead | Producer | ||
| Death Valley Mine | Lead, Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Silverado-Tungstite | Silver, Tungsten | Past Producer | Scheelite | |
| Unnamed Prospect | Gold, Barium-Barite | Prospect | ||
| Cima-Death Valley Mine | Silver | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Silver | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Gold | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Gold | Prospect |
Storms near this place
8 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cima in 8 storm reports between 2005 and 2020: 8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2017 | Flash Flood | Cima | $10,000 | Cima Road was damaged by heavy flooding. |
| July 2015 | Flash Flood | Cima | $5,000 | Morning Star Mine Road was washed out. |
| August 2020 | Flash Flood | Cima | $1,000 | Several inches of water flooded Cima Road. |
| July 2018 | Flash Flood | Cima | $1,000 | Water and debris flowed across Morning Star Mine Road. |
| August 2014 | Flash Flood | Cima | $1,000 | Six to eight inches of water flowed over Morning Star Mine Road between mile markers 1 and 3. |
| August 2010 | Flash Flood | Cima | - | Cima Road was flooded and impassable. |
| July 2005 | Flash Flood | Cima | - | Water over many roads in the Mojave National Preserve, with one fire engine stuck. |
| July 2005 | Flash Flood | Cima | - | Some roads impassable in the Mojave National Preserve. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joshua | 3.5 miles | 27 | |
| Chase | 3.7 miles | 27 | |
| Thomas Place | 4.7 miles | 27 | |
| Elora | 7.1 miles | 27 | |
| Brant | 7.8 miles | 27 | |
| Rainbow Wells | 8.4 miles | 26 | |
| Ivanpah | 12.3 miles | 27 | |
| Barnwell | 14.5 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.
| Wikipedia article on Cima | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1091998 | 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 1660485. 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.