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Flamingo Heights, California

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Twentynine Palms-Yucca Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92284. The Survey maps it on the Yucca Valley North quadrangle.

Flamingo Heights within San Bernardino County

Then and now

1953 to 1982

The same ground, surveyed 29 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Flamingo Heights, surveyed 1982
Topographic sheet of Flamingo Heights, surveyed 1953

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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.

Fires near this place

47 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 47 fires within 5 miles of Flamingo Heights between 1992 and 2020, burning about 487 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 4 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/undetermined27
Debris and open burning5
Arson/incendiarism4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Natural3
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
30 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSan Bernardino UnitHWY 247 / PIPES CANYON R
21 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCalifornia Desert DistrictRICHY
12 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictPINE
1 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Bernardino Unitnot named
5 August 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined150 acresJoshua Tree National MonumentSUNSET
4 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictDUMP
3 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined26 acresCalifornia Desert DistrictLA BRISA
17 August 2015Naturalunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictDUMP

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Bernardino County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Flamingo Heights: 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Niobium (Columbium), Tantalum, REE, Thorium, Lead, Zinc, Silver. 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
California - HerculesLead, Zinc, SilverOccurrenceVein
Rock Corral AreaNiobium (Columbium), Tantalum, REE, ThoriumOccurrenceAllanite, Euxenite

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
Landers3.0 miles13
Pioneertown6.5 miles15
Rimrock6.8 miles29
Hidden River8.2 miles14
Yucca Valley8.7 miles15
Joshua Tree9.9 miles14
Little Morongo Heights10.9 miles30
Sunfair11.5 miles15

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 Q122544540The 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 242291. 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.