BlockEagle Mountain, California
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Chuckwalla Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92239. It lies near Bald Eagle Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Victory Pass quadrangle.
Then and now
1943 to 1987The same ground, surveyed 44 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
10 surveys from 17 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.
- 1943 USGS Coxcomb Mountains quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1944 USGS Coxcomb Mountains quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Salton Sea quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Salton Sea quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Salton Sea quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1963 USGS Coxcomb Mountains quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Salton Sea quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Salton Sea quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Eagle Mountains quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1987 USGS Victory Pass quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
2 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Eagle Mountain between 1992 and 2002, 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 |
|---|---|
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 April 2002 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | California Desert District | PUMP |
| 27 January 1992 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Riverside Unit | LOCAL |
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 12 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Eagle Mountain: 7 past producers, 2 producers, 2 occurrences, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Iron, Gold, Lead, Silver, Copper. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Eagle | Lead, Silver, Gold, Copper | Past Producer | Anglesite, Cuprite, Galena | |
| Black Eagle Mine | Lead, Copper, Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Eagle Mountain Mine and Plant | Iron, Silica, Magnesite, Aluminum, Sulfur, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Calcium | Past Producer | 1881, 1948 | |
| Rainbows End Mine | Copper, Gold, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Limestone Occurrence | Limestone, Dimension | Occurrence | ||
| Belt Mine | Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Black Eagle Mine | Lead, Silver, Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Iron Chief Mine | Gold | Past Producer | Chalcopyrite, Pyrite | |
| Waterloo | Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Eagle Mountain Mine | Iron | Past Producer | Replacement |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Tamarisk | 9.7 miles | 19 | |
| Desert Center | 11.0 miles | 19 | |
| Hayfield | 13.1 miles | 20 | |
| Chiriaco Summit | 18.4 miles | 20 | |
| Cactus City | 28.1 miles | 19 | |
| Pinto Wye | 30.4 miles | 17 | |
| Rancho Dos Palmas | 30.7 miles | 21 | |
| Mortmar | 33.2 miles | 20 |
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 Eagle Mountain | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5325163 | 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 1660573. 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.