Grant, California
26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Lone Pine census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93549. The Survey maps it on the Vermillion Canyon quadrangle. It stands 3,730 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1908 to 1987The same ground, surveyed 79 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1908 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 26 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.
- 1908 USGS Ballarat quadrangle1:250000
- 1913 USGS Ballarat quadrangle1:250000, 7 printings
- 1948 USGS Death Valley quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Keeler quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Death Valley quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Death Valley quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Death Valley quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Death Valley quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Death Valley quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Death Valley quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Death Valley quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Darwin Hills quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1987 USGS Vermillion Canyon quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
31 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of Grant between 1992 and 2019, burning about 2,104 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 2 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/undetermined | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Desert District | DIRTY SOCK |
| 29 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | California Desert District | WALKER |
| 26 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Desert District | HIGHWAY II |
| 18 September 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | California Desert District | OLANCHA |
| 30 August 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Inyo National Forest | OAK |
| 24 August 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | California Desert District | OLANCHA |
| 14 August 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Inyo National Forest | NINEMILE |
| 1 August 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Central California District | 395 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Grant: 4 past producers, 3 producers, 2 prospects, 1 occurrence. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Pumice, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Uranium, Molybdenum, Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olancna Mill | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Owens Lake Mine | Sodium | Prospect | ||
| War Baby | Molybdenum, Iron | Occurrence | Molybdenite, Pyrite | |
| Green Velvet Group | Uranium | Producer | ||
| Materials Site #290 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Materials Site #291 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Valley View Claim | Uranium | Prospect | ||
| Haiwee Quarry | Pumice | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Pumice | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Pumice | Past Producer |
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.
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 Grant | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5596059 | 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 1666950. 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.












