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Elora, California

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Newberry Springs-Baker census division. The Survey maps it on the Cima quadrangle.

Elora within San Bernardino County

Then and now

1910 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 75 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Elora, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Elora, surveyed 1910

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 27 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

17 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Elora between 1992 and 2015, burning about 652 acres in total. 13 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
Natural13
Recreation and ceremony2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
18 September 1999Naturalunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictNPSASIST10
10 September 1996Naturalunder an acreMojave National PreserveCEDAR#2
10 September 1996Naturalunder an acreMojave National PreserveCEDAR
13 August 1998Naturalunder an acreMojave National PreserveMIDHILLS#2
12 August 2014Naturalunder an acreMojave National PreserveRAYNE
1 August 1992Naturalunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictCHASE
28 July 1997Naturalunder an acreMojave National PreserveMIDHILLS
28 July 1997Naturalunder an acreMojave National PreserveYUCCA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Bernardino County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 17 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Elora: 17 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Molybdenum, Silver, Silver, Antimony, Copper, Tungsten. 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
B. O.Copper, Gold, Lead, Tungsten, ZincProspect
Holliman and MurphyClayProspect
Mexican Spring IGold, Copper, Molybdenum, SilverProspect
Owl No. 1TungstenProspect
Raxor BackGold, Antimony, Copper, SilverProspect
SchiedelLimestone, GeneralProspect
Silver Lead SpringGold, Fluorine-FluoriteProspect
TramwayGold, SilverProspect
Unnamed ProspectGold, Antimony, Copper, TungstenProspect
Unnamed ProspectZincProspect

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
Chase3.4 miles27
Thomas Place4.3 miles27
Cima7.1 miles27
Hayden7.8 miles26
Rainbow Wells8.0 miles26
Joshua10.1 miles27
Kelso10.9 miles27
Brant13.5 miles27

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1656505. 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.