Fenner, California
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Needles census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92332. The Survey maps it on the Fenner quadrangle. It stands 2,100 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1942 to 1985The same ground, surveyed 43 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1942 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 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.
- 1942 USGS Amboy quadrangle1:250000
- 1943 USGS Amboy quadrangle1:250000
- 1943 USGS Fenner quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Needles quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Fenner quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Needles quadrangle1:250000, 7 printings
- 1981 USGS Needles quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Fenner quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Amboy quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
32 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 32 fires within 5 miles of Fenner between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6 acres in total. 3 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 use | 20 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | California Desert District | FENNER 2 |
| 25 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | California Desert District | FENNER |
| 24 September 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | California Desert District | SMALL BUSH |
| 19 September 1994 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | California Desert District | SPRINGS |
| 12 September 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | California Desert District | GOFFS |
| 9 August 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | California Desert District | FENNER 3 |
| 8 August 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | California Desert District | FENNER 2 |
| 3 August 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Desert District | FENNER |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Fenner: 6 prospects, 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Dolomite, Magnesite, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barite Prospect | Barium-Barite | Prospect | ||
| Essex Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Fenner Hills Gold | Gold, Copper, Zinc | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Silica | Prospect | ||
| Piute No. 1 | Dolomite, Magnesite | Prospect | ||
| Piute Nos. 2 and 3 | Dolomite, Magnesite | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed | Gold, Copper | Past Producer | Gold | |
| Unnamed Prospect | Gold, Copper | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed | Gold | Past Producer | Gold |
Storms near this place
7 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fenner in 7 storm reports between 2014 and 2025: 5 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2015 | Flash Flood | Fenner | $5,000 | Dirt and rocks were piled up like a ramp on the Goffs Road off ramp from Interstate 40. |
| August 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fenner | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew a tree onto a vehicle at a rest area on Interstate 40. |
| September 2024 | Flash Flood | Fenner | $2,000 | A big rig was stuck in mud on the Goffs Road offramp from Interstate 40. |
| July 2015 | Flash Flood | Fenner | $2,000 | Goffs Road was flooded between I-40 and Goffs, including two vehicles stuck on the off ramp from I-40. |
| March 2025 | Flood | Fenner | $1,000 | There was minor flooding and mud on the Goffs Rd offramp from I-40. |
| September 2023 | Flash Flood | Fenner | $1,000 | A motor home was stuck between two flooded areas on Goffs Rd near I-40. |
| July 2018 | Flash Flood | Fenner | $1,000 | Goffs Road was flooded between I-40 and Highway 95. |
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.
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 Fenner | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5443530 | 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 1656514. 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.








