Goffs, California
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Newberry Springs-Baker census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92332. The Survey maps it on the Goffs quadrangle. It stands 2,595 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1942 to 1985The 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.


Compare 1942 against another survey:
On record in Goffs
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 6 records
Goffs Schoolhouselisted 2001- Hackberry Corrallisted 2021
- Lanfair Corrallisted 2021
- OX Ranch Headquarterslisted 2021
- Pipeline Corrallisted 2021
- Piute Dry Corrallisted 2021
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 18 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.
- 1942 USGS Amboy quadrangle1:250000
- 1943 USGS Amboy quadrangle1:250000
- 1943 USGS Fenner quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Needles quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Fenner quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Needles quadrangle1:250000, 7 printings
- 1981 USGS Needles quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Goffs quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Amboy quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
7 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Goffs between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1 acre in total. 2 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 | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1992 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Mojave National Preserve | BLMASST#25 |
| 26 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Desert District | GOFFS |
| 25 August 2003 | Natural | under an acre | California Desert District | GOFFS 2 |
| 25 August 2003 | Natural | under an acre | California Desert District | GOFFS3 |
| 2 July 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Mojave National Preserve | GOFFS#2 |
| 1 October 2008 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | California Desert District | BREAKFAST |
| 31 January 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Mojave National Preserve | BDC ASSIST |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 17 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Goffs: 10 prospects, 4 past producers, 3 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Silver, Mercury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Copper Chief | Copper, Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Copper Chief | Copper, Silver, Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Silver, Copper, Gold | Prospect | ||
| Idria Quicksilver Group | Mercury | Occurrence | 1917 | |
| Turtle Dove Quicksilver Prospect | Mercury | Prospect | ||
| Eaton | Gold, Silver | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Silver, Copper | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Silver | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Silver, Copper | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Silver, Copper | Prospect |
Storms near this place
6 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Goffs in 6 storm reports between 2006 and 2025: 6 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2025 | Flash Flood | Goffs | $10,000 | Goffs Road was closed from Highway 95 to Interstate 40 due to flooding which damaged the road. |
| July 2018 | Flash Flood | Goffs | $2,000 | Flash flooding closed Goffs Road. |
| October 2015 | Flash Flood | Goffs | $2,000 | Goffs Road was closed due to two feet of water flowing over the road. |
| June 2025 | Flash Flood | Goffs | $1,000 | Goffs Road was flooded and closed. |
| August 2023 | Flash Flood | Goffs | $1,000 | Flash flooding closed Goffs Rd from I-40 to Highway 95. |
| October 2006 | Flash Flood | Goffs | - | Several roads in eastern San Bernardino County, including U.S. Hwy. 95, Needles Hwy, and Goffs Rd. were closed due to flooding. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homer | 6.7 miles | 14 | |
| Fenner | 9.4 miles | 17 | |
| Bannock | 10.6 miles | 14 | |
| Arrowhead Junction | 12.7 miles | 14 | |
| Fort Piute (historical) | 14.1 miles | 31 | |
| Ibis | 14.4 miles | 14 | |
| Lanfair | 15.6 miles | 26 | |
| Klinefelter | 15.7 miles | 14 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Goffs | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3074252 | The 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 242776. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.








