BlockDesert Heights, California
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Twentynine Palms-Yucca Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92277. The Survey maps it on the Sunfair quadrangle.
Then and now
1953 to 1982The same ground, surveyed 29 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 15 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
- 1955 USGS Twentynine Palms quadrangle1:62500, 5 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
- 1972 USGS Sunfair quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Big Bear Lake quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
9 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Desert Heights between 2005 and 2020, burning about 1 acre in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | California Desert District | ENCHANTED |
| 17 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | San Bernardino Unit | not named |
| 3 June 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Desert District | POLELINE |
| 22 June 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Desert District | FU/GH/AREA81A |
| 29 May 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Desert District | SUNFAIR |
| 20 April 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 10 March 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | San Bernardino Unit | not named |
| 12 February 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Desert Heights: 2 past producers, 1 prospect, 1 unknown, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Thorium, Uranium, Zinc, Lead, Silver, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cucamonga Zinc | Zinc, Lead, Silver | Occurrence | Replacement | |
| No Mine | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Victor No. 1 Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Copper Mt Uranium | Thorium, Uranium | Unknown | ||
| Homestretch Mines | Thorium, Uranium | Prospect |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harmony Acres | 4.3 miles | 17 | |
| Sunfair Heights | 4.9 miles | 15 | |
| Smoke Tree | 5.3 miles | 17 | |
| The Plaza | 5.8 miles | 17 | |
| Sunfair | 6.2 miles | 15 | |
| Twentynine Palms | 6.5 miles | 17 | |
| Panorama Heights | 6.8 miles | 17 | |
| Hidden River | 9.0 miles | 14 |
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 Q122553279 | 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 1660542. 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.