Fremont, California
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1976. It stands in the Barstow census division. The Survey maps it on the Boron NE quadrangle.
Then and now
1915 to 1976The same ground, surveyed 61 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 23 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.
- 1915 USGS Searles Lake quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1947 USGS Trona quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Trona quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Trona quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Boron quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Trona quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1960 USGS Trona quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1973 USGS Boron NE quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1976 USGS Cuddeback Lake quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
1 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Fremont in 2005, burning about 6 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 July 2005 | Natural | 5.5 acres | California Desert District | MM 63 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Fremont: 6 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Boron-Borates, Feldspar. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stuart Chevalier | Boron-Borates | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Feldspar, Perlite | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Gold, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Shaft | Gold, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Shaft | Gold, Silver | Prospect | ||
| G.S. Jones Prospect | Gold | Prospect |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saint Elmo (historical) | 7.7 miles | 26 | |
| Atolia | 8.7 miles | 26 | |
| Red Mountain | 11.7 miles | 26 | |
| Kramer | 13.6 miles | 16 | |
| Kramer Junction | 13.9 miles | 16 | |
| Jimgrey | 15.9 miles | 17 | |
| Lockhart | 17.9 miles | 20 | |
| Kramer Hills (historical) | 19.5 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 252893. 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.








