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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.

Goffs within San Bernardino County

Then and now

1942 to 1985

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Goffs, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Goffs, surveyed 1942

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 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

7 since 1992

Regional 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
Natural2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Debris and open burning1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
8 September 1992Debris and open burningunder an acreMojave National PreserveBLMASST#25
26 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictGOFFS
25 August 2003Naturalunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictGOFFS 2
25 August 2003Naturalunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictGOFFS3
2 July 2000Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMojave National PreserveGOFFS#2
1 October 2008Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictBREAKFAST
31 January 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMojave National PreserveBDC ASSIST

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Bernardino County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 17 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Copper ChiefCopper, Gold, SilverPast Producer
Copper ChiefCopper, Silver, GoldPast Producer
Unnamed ProspectSilver, Copper, GoldProspect
Idria Quicksilver GroupMercuryOccurrence1917
Turtle Dove Quicksilver ProspectMercuryProspect
EatonGold, SilverOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectSilver, CopperProspect
Unnamed ProspectSilverProspect
Unnamed ProspectSilver, CopperProspect
Unnamed ProspectSilver, CopperProspect

Every working recorded in San Bernardino County

Storms near this place

6 since 2006

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 2025Flash FloodGoffs$10,000Goffs Road was closed from Highway 95 to Interstate 40 due to flooding which damaged the road.
July 2018Flash FloodGoffs$2,000Flash flooding closed Goffs Road.
October 2015Flash FloodGoffs$2,000Goffs Road was closed due to two feet of water flowing over the road.
June 2025Flash FloodGoffs$1,000Goffs Road was flooded and closed.
August 2023Flash FloodGoffs$1,000Flash flooding closed Goffs Rd from I-40 to Highway 95.
October 2006Flash FloodGoffs-Several roads in eastern San Bernardino County, including U.S. Hwy. 95, Needles Hwy, and Goffs Rd. were closed due to flooding.

Every storm 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
Homer6.7 miles14
Fenner9.4 miles17
Bannock10.6 miles14
Arrowhead Junction12.7 miles14
Fort Piute (historical)14.1 miles31
Ibis14.4 miles14
Lanfair15.6 miles26
Klinefelter15.7 miles14

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 GoffsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3074252The 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.