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Dunn, California

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1933 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Newberry Springs-Baker census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92365. The Survey maps it on the Dunn quadrangle.

Dunn within San Bernardino County

Then and now

1933 to 1996

The same ground, surveyed 63 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Dunn, surveyed 1996
Topographic sheet of Dunn, surveyed 1933

Compare 1933 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 23 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

11 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Dunn between 1992 and 2017, burning about 2,137 acres in total. 1 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 use4
Debris and open burning2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Smoking2
Natural1

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
9 August 1995Smoking1.0 acresSan Bernardino UnitAFTON 4
7 August 2015Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresCalifornia Desert DistrictAFTON
4 July 1997Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictAFTON
11 June 1994Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictDIXIE
6 May 2001Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictAFTON
4 May 1992Smokingunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictAFTON
26 May 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictFIELD
5 April 1997Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Bernardino UnitMARLBORO

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Bernardino County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 28 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 28 workings within 5 miles of Dunn: 11 past producers, 10 prospects, 6 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Talc-Soapstone, Stone, Dimension. 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
Afton CanyonManganesePast Producer
Caltrans PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrence
Condor GroupCopper, Silver, GoldProspect
Dunn Siding MillBoron-BoratesProducer
MassenBarium-BariteOccurrence
Southwest Condor ExtensionCopper, Gold, Molybdenum, SilverProspect
Unnamed ProspectsVolcanic MaterialsProspect
Unnamed Quartz OccurrenceSilicaOccurrence
Afton Canyon DepositFluorine-FluoriteProspect
Gnp #1FeldsparPast Producer

Every working recorded in San Bernardino County

Storms near this place

2 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dunn in 2 storm reports between 2015 and 2018: 1 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. The reports record 1 injury. 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
August 2018Thunderstorm WindDunn1 hurt, $25,000Thunderstorm winds overturned two big rigs on I-15, injuring one person.
July 2015Flash FloodDunn$5,000Flood waters two to three feet deep flowed over Interstate 15, stopping traffic in both directions. The side of the roadway washed away.

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
New Dunn0.7 miles23
Midway2.0 miles23
Afton3.1 miles23
Basin7.6 miles24
Baxter (historical)7.9 miles24
Manix9.4 miles15
Cronese Valley9.5 miles24
Cronise (historical)10.0 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1656490. 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.