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.
Then and now
1953 to 1977The 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.


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
- Alf's Blacksmith Shoplisted 2025
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 14 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.
- 1953 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Daggett quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Daggett quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1977 USGS Newberry Springs quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
14 since 1993Regional 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 use | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | California Desert District | SOAPMINE |
| 2 September 1995 | Natural | 3.0 acres | California Desert District | ROCK |
| 14 August 2007 | Natural | under an acre | California Desert District | CAMP 2 |
| 19 July 2005 | Natural | 300 acres | California Desert District | SEGS |
| 13 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Desert District | SILVER |
| 30 June 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | California Desert District | CALICO |
| 29 June 1996 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | California Desert District | DAGGETT |
| 26 June 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | San Bernardino Unit | I 15 S/ GHOST TOWN RD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 38 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calico | Boron-Borates, Strontium | Past Producer | 1882, 1888, 1924 | |
| Claw Hammer | Copper, Gold | Occurrence | Underground | |
| Daggett/Yermo Site | Limestone, General | Occurrence | ||
| Lead Mountain | Barium-Barite, Lead, Silver, Gold, Zinc | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Lead Mountain | Barium-Barite, Lead, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Brubaker Beige Rock Quarry | Volcanic Materials, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Calico Rock Milling's Beige Rock Qu | Volcanic Materials | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed | Gold, Copper | Past Producer | Gold | |
| Unnamed Adit | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Gold, Copper | Prospect |
Storms near this place
4 since 2008Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2024 | Lightning | Daggett | $25,000 | Lightning set fire to a transformer. |
| August 2025 | Flash Flood | Daggett | $2,000 | National Trails Highway at Nebo Street was blocked by significant water and debris flow. |
| August 2023 | Flash Flood | Daggett | $1,000 | Fast-moving water covered the intersection of I-15 and Fort Irwin Rd. |
| July 2008 | Flash Flood | Daggett | - | Water, mud and debris were crossing Yermo Road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gale | 2.5 miles | 14 | |
| Nebo | 3.9 miles | 16 | |
| Eniwetok Housing Area | 4.0 miles | 14 | |
| Desert View Housing Area | 4.1 miles | 14 | |
| Yermo | 4.6 miles | 15 | |
| Minneola | 6.0 miles | 14 | |
| Calico | 6.0 miles | 15 | |
| Bismarck (historical) | 7.2 miles | 15 |
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 Daggett | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3011882 | 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 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.








