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.
Then and now
1915 to 1988The 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.


Compare 1915 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 21 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
- 1947 USGS Trona quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Trona quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Trona quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Pilot Knob quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Trona quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1960 USGS Trona quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1976 USGS Cuddeback Lake quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Slocum Mtn quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
1 since 2011Regional 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/undetermined | 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 June 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 138 acres | California Desert District | ROUND UP |
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| White Cloud | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Yankee Claim | Copper, Gold, Silver | Occurrence | ||
| Juanita | Copper, Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Juanita Group | Copper, Gold | Past Producer | Underground | |
| Blue Bonnet | Copper, Silver | Unknown | ||
| Copperfield No 2 Claim | Copper, Silver | Occurrence | ||
| Sentinel | Copper, Silver | Prospect |
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.
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.








