Echo, California
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1933 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Newberry Springs-Baker census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92310. The Survey maps it on the East of Goldstone quadrangle.
Then and now
1933 to 1993The same ground, surveyed 60 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 21 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.
- 1933 USGS Avawatz Mountains quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1947 USGS Trona quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Goldstone Lake quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Trona quadrangle1:250000
- 1951 USGS Goldstone Lake quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Trona quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Trona quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1960 USGS Trona quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS East of Goldstone quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1993 USGS Soda Mountains quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
1 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Echo in 1993, burning about 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 August 1993 | Natural | 2.0 acres | California Desert District | CASTLE 2 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 18 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Echo: 9 past producers, 7 prospects, 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Tungsten, Gold, Copper, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold Divide | Gold, Tungsten | Past Producer | ||
| Merrick | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | Gold | |
| Reward | Gold, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Silica | Past Producer | ||
| Gold Divide Mine | Tungsten, Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Lester | Gold | Past Producer | Gold | |
| Paradise Mtns Tungsten Deposit | Tungsten | Prospect | ||
| Reward | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Rio Hondo | Gold | Past Producer | Surface/Underground | |
| Rio Hondo Mine | Gold | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Venus | 3.7 miles | 23 | |
| Apollo | 4.6 miles | 21 | |
| Mojave Base | 5.5 miles | 22 | |
| Goldstone | 5.8 miles | 22 | |
| Fort Irwin | 6.9 miles | 22 | |
| Mars | 9.7 miles | 20 | |
| Copper City | 20.5 miles | 21 | |
| Bismarck (historical) | 23.3 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1666885. 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.









