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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.

Fenner within San Bernardino County

Then and now

1942 to 1985

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Fenner, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Fenner, surveyed 1942

Compare 1942 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 17 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

32 since 1992

Regional 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 use20
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Natural3
Smoking1
Debris and open burning1
Fireworks1

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
25 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictFENNER 2
25 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictFENNER
24 September 2004Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictSMALL BUSH
19 September 1994Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictSPRINGS
12 September 1993Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictGOFFS
9 August 1993Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictFENNER 3
8 August 1993Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictFENNER 2
3 August 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictFENNER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Bernardino County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Barite ProspectBarium-BariteProspect
Essex PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Fenner Hills GoldGold, Copper, ZincProspect
Unnamed ProspectSilicaProspect
Piute No. 1Dolomite, MagnesiteProspect
Piute Nos. 2 and 3Dolomite, MagnesiteProspect
UnnamedGold, CopperPast ProducerGold
Unnamed ProspectGold, CopperProspect
UnnamedGoldPast ProducerGold

Every working recorded in San Bernardino County

Storms near this place

7 since 2014

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
October 2015Flash FloodFenner$5,000Dirt and rocks were piled up like a ramp on the Goffs Road off ramp from Interstate 40.
August 2014Thunderstorm WindFenner$5,000Thunderstorm winds blew a tree onto a vehicle at a rest area on Interstate 40.
September 2024Flash FloodFenner$2,000A big rig was stuck in mud on the Goffs Road offramp from Interstate 40.
July 2015Flash FloodFenner$2,000Goffs Road was flooded between I-40 and Goffs, including two vehicles stuck on the off ramp from I-40.
March 2025FloodFenner$1,000There was minor flooding and mud on the Goffs Rd offramp from I-40.
September 2023Flash FloodFenner$1,000A motor home was stuck between two flooded areas on Goffs Rd near I-40.
July 2018Flash FloodFenner$1,000Goffs Road was flooded between I-40 and Highway 95.

Every storm 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
Essex6.7 miles18
Goffs9.4 miles18
Homer14.7 miles14
Danby15.3 miles17
Bannock18.7 miles14
Arrowhead Junction20.7 miles14
Lanfair21.4 miles26
Ibis22.2 miles14

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 FennerAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5443530The 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.