Coso Junction, California
28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Lone Pine census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93549. The Survey maps it on the Coso Junction quadrangle. It stands 3,386 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1908 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 86 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1908 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 28 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.
- 1908 USGS Ballarat quadrangle1:250000
- 1913 USGS Ballarat quadrangle1:250000, 7 printings
- 1948 USGS Death Valley quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Haiwee Reservoir quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Death Valley quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Death Valley quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Death Valley quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Death Valley quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Death Valley quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Death Valley quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Death Valley quadrangle1:250000
- 1982 USGS Coso Junction quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Darwin Hills quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Coso Junction quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
56 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 56 fires within 5 miles of Coso Junction between 1993 and 2020, burning about 1,970 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 33 were 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 33 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Tule River Fire Department | TRAILER |
| 15 September 2003 | Firearms and explosives use | 412 acres | Central California District | MICHAELS |
| 9 August 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Desert District | COSO |
| 3 August 2000 | Natural | under an acre | California Desert District | COSO |
| 3 August 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Inyo National Forest | KENNEDY 4 |
| 27 August 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Tule River Fire Department | PAINTED |
| 26 August 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 320 acres | Tule River Fire Department | TORCH |
| 24 August 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Central California District | WILLOW II |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 16 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Coso Junction: 6 producers, 6 past producers, 4 prospects. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Pumice, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hill Cinder Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Lead, Copper, Zinc | Prospect | ||
| Haiwee Materials Site No. 289 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Material Site #118 Pit A | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Materials Site #288 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Rose Valley Sand and Gravel | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Prospect | ||
| California Pozzolan | Pumice | Producer | ||
| Coso Pit | Pumice | Past Producer |
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.
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 Coso Junction | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5174662 | 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 270615. 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.













