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Desert Relief, California

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1930 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the South Antelope Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93544. The Survey maps it on the Lovejoy Buttes quadrangle. It stands 3,173 feet above sea level. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Desert Relief within Los Angeles County

Then and now

1930 to 1982

The same ground, surveyed 52 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Desert Relief (historical), surveyed 1982
Topographic sheet of Desert Relief (historical), surveyed 1930

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 20 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

92 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 92 fires within 5 miles of Desert Relief (historical) between 1992 and 2019, burning about 38 acres in total. 22 started naturally. 2 were 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/undetermined45
Natural22
Equipment and vehicle use11
Debris and open burning7
Arson/incendiarism2
Other causes1
Recreation and ceremony1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Smoking1

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 2012Naturalunder an acreAngeles National ForestBOB
3 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
24 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
24 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Bernardino National Forestnot named
20 September 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAngeles National ForestPALLETT
2 September 2003Naturalunder an acreAngeles National ForestGAP
15 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Bernardino National Forestnot named
14 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Bernardino National Forestnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Los Angeles County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Desert Relief (historical): 1 occurrence, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Big Rock Creek PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed Limestone DepositLimestone, GeneralOccurrence

Every working recorded in Los Angeles 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
Llano0.9 miles20
Longview3.4 miles35
Pearblossom3.9 miles20
Valyermo4.2 miles35
Big Rock Springs4.9 miles35
Old Point Comfort6.3 miles35
Largo Vista6.6 miles34
Juniper Hills6.8 miles34

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 Q5264003The 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 1666846. 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.