Haiwee, California
28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Lone Pine census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93549. The Survey maps it on the Haiwee Reservoirs quadrangle. It stands 4,075 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1908 to 1994The same ground, surveyed 86 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
14 surveys from 28 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 Haiwee Reservoir 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
- 1982 USGS Haiwee Reservoirs quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Darwin Hills quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Haiwee Reservoirs quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
21 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Haiwee between 1992 and 2020, burning about 110 acres in total. 6 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Desert District | HIGHWAY II |
| 8 August 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Inyo National Forest | PASS |
| 7 August 1993 | Smoking | under an acre | California Desert District | WYE BRANCH |
| 3 August 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | California Desert District | HAIWEE |
| 7 July 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 6 July 1992 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | California Desert District | HAIWEE |
| 31 July 2019 | Natural | under an acre | California Desert District | HAIWEE |
| 3 July 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Inyo National Forest | HAIWEE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 15 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Haiwee: 5 prospects, 4 occurrences, 3 producers, 3 past producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Uranium, Pumice, Molybdenum, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Prospect | Stone | Prospect | ||
| War Baby | Molybdenum, Iron | Occurrence | Molybdenite, Pyrite | |
| War Baby | Molybdenum | Occurrence | Molybdenite, Pyrrhotite | |
| War Baby Claims | Molybdenum | Occurrence | 1941 | |
| California Pozzolan | Pumice | Producer | ||
| Coso Pit | Pumice | Past Producer | ||
| Margie Nos. 1-60 | Pumice | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Pumice | Prospect | ||
| Zodiac Mill | Pumice | Producer | ||
| Coso Range Uranium | Uranium | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Haiwee in 1 storm report in 2013: 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2013 | Flash Flood | Haiwee | $25,000 | A mud and debris flow trapped vehicles near the intersection of Highway 395 and Haiwee Canyon Road. One vehicle was carried a mile and a half by the flow. |
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 Haiwee | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5639779 | 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 255913. 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.













