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Daggett, California

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1977. It stands in the Barstow census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92327. It stands on Daggett Wash. The Survey maps it on the Daggett quadrangle.

Daggett within San Bernardino County

Then and now

1953 to 1977

The same ground, surveyed 24 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Daggett, surveyed 1977
Topographic sheet of Daggett, surveyed 1953

On record in Daggett

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 14 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 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Daggett between 1993 and 2020, burning about 324 acres in total. 3 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
Equipment and vehicle use6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Natural3
Recreation and ceremony1

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
26 September 1996Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresCalifornia Desert DistrictSOAPMINE
2 September 1995Natural3.0 acresCalifornia Desert DistrictROCK
14 August 2007Naturalunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictCAMP 2
19 July 2005Natural300 acresCalifornia Desert DistrictSEGS
13 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictSILVER
30 June 1997Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictCALICO
29 June 1996Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictDAGGETT
26 June 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSan Bernardino UnitI 15 S/ GHOST TOWN RD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Bernardino County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 38 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 38 workings within 5 miles of Daggett: 17 past producers, 11 prospects, 6 occurrences, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Bentonite, Barium-Barite, Boron-Borates. 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
CalicoBoron-Borates, StrontiumPast Producer1882, 1888, 1924
Claw HammerCopper, GoldOccurrenceUnderground
Daggett/Yermo SiteLimestone, GeneralOccurrence
Lead MountainBarium-Barite, Lead, Silver, Gold, ZincOccurrenceVein
Lead MountainBarium-Barite, Lead, SilverPast Producer
Brubaker Beige Rock QuarryVolcanic Materials, Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Calico Rock Milling's Beige Rock QuVolcanic MaterialsPast Producer
UnnamedGold, CopperPast ProducerGold
Unnamed AditClayProspect
Unnamed ProspectGold, CopperProspect

Every working recorded in San Bernardino County

Storms near this place

4 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Daggett in 4 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 3 flash flood, 1 lightning. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 2024LightningDaggett$25,000Lightning set fire to a transformer.
August 2025Flash FloodDaggett$2,000National Trails Highway at Nebo Street was blocked by significant water and debris flow.
August 2023Flash FloodDaggett$1,000Fast-moving water covered the intersection of I-15 and Fort Irwin Rd.
July 2008Flash FloodDaggett-Water, mud and debris were crossing Yermo Road.

Every storm 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
Gale2.5 miles14
Nebo3.9 miles16
Eniwetok Housing Area4.0 miles14
Desert View Housing Area4.1 miles14
Yermo4.6 miles15
Minneola6.0 miles14
Calico6.0 miles15
Bismarck (historical)7.2 miles15

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 DaggettAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3011882The 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 241219. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.