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Fizzben Heights, California

30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Victorville-Hesperia census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92308. It lies near Lovelace Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Fifteenmile Valley quadrangle.

Fizzben Heights within San Bernardino County

Then and now

1901 to 1982

The same ground, surveyed 81 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Fizzben Heights, surveyed 1982
Topographic sheet of Fizzben Heights, surveyed 1901

Compare 1901 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 30 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

134 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 134 fires within 5 miles of Fizzben Heights between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,576 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 10 were 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined58
Equipment and vehicle use25
Debris and open burning13
Natural10
Arson/incendiarism10
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Recreation and ceremony4
Smoking3
Other causes2
Fireworks1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Firearms and explosives 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
9 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Bernardino UnitASSIST
8 September 2015Natural2.6 acresCalifornia Desert DistrictMILPAS
8 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Bernardino UnitVIENTO
6 September 2014Other causesunder an acreSan Bernardino UnitRANCH 4
30 September 1992Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreSan Bernardino UnitSANTA FE
3 September 2003Naturalunder an acreSan Bernardino National ForestBOWEN
29 September 1992Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictTOYOTA
25 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined50 acresCalifornia Desert DistrictPOWERLINE4

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Bernardino County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 19 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Fizzben Heights: 9 past producers, 4 occurrences, 4 prospects, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Limestone, General. 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
RamseyGold, Copper, LeadPast Producer
Random Rocks No. 1 ClaimGold, SilverOccurrence
Robertson Clay MineMontmorillonite, ClayProducer
White Knob QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast Producer
Balanced RockGoldPast ProducerGold
Balanced RockGoldProspect
Balanced Rock MineGoldPast Producer
David, Mill and KingGoldPast ProducerGold
Davis-Mill-KingGoldProspect
Doulch No. 1GoldPast ProducerGold

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
Oak Springs4.1 miles31
Ranchos del Oro4.4 miles35
Lone Wolf Colony4.9 miles35
Cotners Corner5.5 miles35
Mariana Ranchos5.6 miles35
Lucerne Valley6.7 miles34
Apple Valley Highlands7.1 miles35
Thunderbird Ranches7.2 miles18

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 Q122591238The 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 1841679. 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.