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Fishel, California

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Twentynine Palms-Yucca Valley census division. It stands on Ironwood Wash. The Survey maps it on the Milligan quadrangle.

Fishel 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 Fishel, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Fishel, surveyed 1942

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Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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.

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Fishel: 8 past producers, 4 prospects, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Silver, Salt. 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
Chubbuck Station DolomiteDolomite, MagnesitePast Producer
Desert Butte GroupCopper, Zinc, LeadPast Producer
Desert Butte GroupCopper, Silver, Gold, Lead, ZincPast Producer
EvansSaltPast Producer
Mariposa Queen Oil Co.Lead, Copper, SilverOccurrence
North of Chubucck MineCalciumProspect
Unnamed ProspectGold, IronProspect
Unnamed ProspectMicaPast Producer
Unnamed ProspectUranium, Molybdenum, SodiumProspect
West of Chubbuck Limestone MineLimestone, GeneralPast Producer

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
Chubbuck4.3 miles16
Milligan4.5 miles15
Archer9.9 miles16
Sablon16.2 miles14
Cadiz20.3 miles16
Freda22.8 miles14
Danby23.0 miles17
Chambless23.5 miles16

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.

Wikidata item Q122590211The 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 1660638. 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.

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.