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Desert View Housing Area, 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 92311. The Survey maps it on the Daggett quadrangle.

Desert View Housing Area 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 Desert View Housing Area, surveyed 1977
Topographic sheet of Desert View Housing Area, surveyed 1953

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

65 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 65 fires within 5 miles of Desert View Housing Area between 1992 and 2020, burning about 186 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 8 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/undetermined38
Arson/incendiarism8
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Equipment and vehicle use4
Debris and open burning3
Natural2
Smoking1
Recreation and ceremony1
Fireworks1

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
3 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
26 September 1996Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresCalifornia Desert DistrictSOAPMINE
17 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
3 August 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
29 August 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
28 August 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
25 August 1992Debris and open burningunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictLATEX
19 August 2008Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Bernardino County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 59 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 59 workings within 5 miles of Desert View Housing Area: 27 past producers, 22 prospects, 6 occurrences, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Barium-Barite, Bentonite, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silver. 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
Birdseye Granite QuarryGranitePast Producer
Brubaker-Mann Roofing Granule PlanStonePast Producer
CalicoBoron-Borates, StrontiumPast Producer1882, 1888, 1924
Daggett/Yermo SiteLimestone, GeneralOccurrence
Jaylite MillTungstenPast Producer
Lead MountainBarium-Barite, Lead, Silver, Gold, ZincOccurrenceVein
Lead MountainBarium-Barite, Lead, SilverPast Producer
Pacific Coast Mill & Mining Company.Gold, Silver, CopperPast ProducerGold
Pacific Coast Mill and Mining Co.Gold, Copper, SilverPast Producer
Piper GroupGold, CopperUnknown

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
Eniwetok Housing Area0.2 miles14
Nebo0.9 miles16
Barstow3.7 miles21
Daggett4.1 miles14
North Barstow4.4 miles21
Skyline North4.8 miles21
Barstow Heights4.8 miles18
Irwin Estates5.0 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1839727. 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.