Cronese Valley, California
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1933 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Newberry Springs-Baker census division. The Survey maps it on the Cave Mountain quadrangle.
Then and now
1933 to 1996The same ground, surveyed 63 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1933 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 24 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.
- 1933 USGS Avawatz Mountains quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1947 USGS Trona quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Cave Mountain quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1948 USGS Trona quadrangle1:250000
- 1951 USGS Cave Mountain quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Trona quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Trona quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1960 USGS Trona quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Cave Mountain quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1993 USGS Soda Mountains quadrangle1:100000
- 1996 USGS Cave Mountain quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
14 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Cronese Valley between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Desert District | RASOR |
| 18 September 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | California Desert District | TRUCK |
| 8 July 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | California Desert District | BORNSTEIN |
| 23 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Desert District | ZZYZX |
| 21 July 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 3 June 1994 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | California Desert District | RAZOR |
| 21 June 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | California Desert District | RAZOR |
| 15 June 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | California Desert District | BASIN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 24 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 24 workings within 5 miles of Cronese Valley: 10 past producers, 7 occurrences, 4 prospects, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cave Canyon | Iron, Copper | Occurrence | Replacement | |
| Cave Mountain Group | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Cronese | Iron, Titanium, Metal, Copper | Past Producer | Replacement | |
| Cronese Mud Mine | Bentonite | Occurrence | Montmorillonite | |
| Desert Minerals Company, Dunn Mill | Clay, Talc-Soapstone | Producer | ||
| Unnamed | Gold, Copper, Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Fluospar Prospect | Fluorine-Fluorite | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Mica Prospect | Mica | Prospect | ||
| Basin | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Cave Canyon Deposits | Stone, Crushed/Broken | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cronise (historical) | 1.1 miles | 24 | |
| Baxter (historical) | 4.0 miles | 24 | |
| Beacon Station | 4.1 miles | 20 | |
| Basin | 4.1 miles | 24 | |
| King (historical) | 5.2 miles | 22 | |
| Crucero | 6.8 miles | 22 | |
| Afton | 7.1 miles | 23 | |
| New Dunn | 8.8 miles | 23 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122569740 | 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 252876. 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.










