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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.

Fremont within San Bernardino County

Then and now

1915 to 1976

The 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 sheet of Fremont, surveyed 1976
Topographic sheet of Fremont, surveyed 1915

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 23 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

1 since 2005

Regional 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
Natural1

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
28 July 2005Natural5.5 acresCalifornia Desert DistrictMM 63

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Bernardino County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Stuart ChevalierBoron-BoratesProspect
Unnamed ProspectFeldspar, PerliteProspect
Unnamed ProspectGold, SilverProspect
Unnamed ShaftGold, SilverProspect
Unnamed ShaftGold, SilverProspect
G.S. Jones ProspectGoldProspect

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
Saint Elmo (historical)7.7 miles26
Atolia8.7 miles26
Red Mountain11.7 miles26
Kramer13.6 miles16
Kramer Junction13.9 miles16
Jimgrey15.9 miles17
Lockhart17.9 miles20
Kramer Hills (historical)19.5 miles17

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.