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Copper City, California

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Searles Valley census division. The Survey maps it on the Slocum Mountain quadrangle.

Copper City within San Bernardino County

Then and now

1915 to 1988

The same ground, surveyed 73 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Copper City, surveyed 1988
Topographic sheet of Copper City, surveyed 1915

Compare 1915 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 21 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

1 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Copper City in 2011, burning about 138 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/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
1 June 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined138 acresCalifornia Desert DistrictROUND UP

Every fire recorded in San Bernardino County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Copper City: 3 past producers, 2 occurrences, 1 unknown, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Silver, Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
White CloudSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Yankee ClaimCopper, Gold, SilverOccurrence
JuanitaCopper, GoldPast Producer
Juanita GroupCopper, GoldPast ProducerUnderground
Blue BonnetCopper, SilverUnknown
Copperfield No 2 ClaimCopper, SilverOccurrence
SentinelCopper, SilverProspect

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
Goldstone14.9 miles22
Mojave Base15.2 miles22
Mars16.5 miles20
Apollo16.5 miles21
Spangler19.6 miles23
Echo20.5 miles21
Venus21.9 miles23
Atolia22.6 miles26

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1660509. 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.