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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.

Echo within San Bernardino County

Then and now

1933 to 1993

The 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 sheet of Echo, surveyed 1993
Topographic sheet of Echo, surveyed 1933

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 21 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

1 since 1993

Regional 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
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
29 August 1993Natural2.0 acresCalifornia Desert DistrictCASTLE 2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Bernardino County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 18 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Gold DivideGold, TungstenPast Producer
MerrickGold, SilverPast ProducerGold
RewardGold, CopperPast Producer
Unnamed ProspectSilicaPast Producer
Gold Divide MineTungsten, GoldPast Producer
LesterGoldPast ProducerGold
Paradise Mtns Tungsten DepositTungstenProspect
RewardGoldPast Producer
Rio HondoGoldPast ProducerSurface/Underground
Rio Hondo MineGoldProspect

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
Venus3.7 miles23
Apollo4.6 miles21
Mojave Base5.5 miles22
Goldstone5.8 miles22
Fort Irwin6.9 miles22
Mars9.7 miles20
Copper City20.5 miles21
Bismarck (historical)23.3 miles15

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.