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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.

Cronese Valley within San Bernardino County

Then and now

1933 to 1996

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Cronese Valley, surveyed 1996
Topographic sheet of Cronese Valley, surveyed 1933

Compare 1933 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 24 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

14 since 1992

Regional 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 use7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Arson/incendiarism1

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
8 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictRASOR
18 September 1995Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictTRUCK
8 July 1995Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictBORNSTEIN
23 July 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictZZYZX
21 July 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
3 June 1994Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictRAZOR
21 June 1992Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictRAZOR
15 June 2005Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresCalifornia Desert DistrictBASIN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Bernardino County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 24 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Cave CanyonIron, CopperOccurrenceReplacement
Cave Mountain GroupUraniumOccurrence
CroneseIron, Titanium, Metal, CopperPast ProducerReplacement
Cronese Mud MineBentoniteOccurrenceMontmorillonite
Desert Minerals Company, Dunn MillClay, Talc-SoapstoneProducer
UnnamedGold, Copper, IronPast Producer
Unnamed Fluospar ProspectFluorine-FluoriteProspect
Unnamed Mica ProspectMicaProspect
BasinSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Cave Canyon DepositsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

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
Cronise (historical)1.1 miles24
Baxter (historical)4.0 miles24
Beacon Station4.1 miles20
Basin4.1 miles24
King (historical)5.2 miles22
Crucero6.8 miles22
Afton7.1 miles23
New Dunn8.8 miles23

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 Q122569740The 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.