Harts Place, California
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the East Kern census division. The Survey maps it on the Freeman Junction quadrangle. It stands 3,084 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1915 to 1993The same ground, surveyed 78 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 23 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.
- 1915 USGS Searles Lake quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1943 USGS Inyokern quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1947 USGS Trona quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Trona quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Trona quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Trona quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1960 USGS Trona quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1972 USGS Freeman Junction quadrangle1:24000
- 1993 USGS Ridgecrest quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
8 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Harts Place between 1994 and 2020, burning about 5 acres in total. None 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 | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Desert District | LABOR |
| 8 July 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.3 acres | Central California District | BADGER |
| 3 March 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | California Desert District | FORD |
| 28 February 1994 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | California Desert District | BLACK |
| 30 November 2008 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | California Desert District | WATER |
| 20 October 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | California Desert District | SAGE |
| 4 January 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | California Desert District | LA1 |
| 13 January 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Desert District | DIRT |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 23 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 23 workings within 5 miles of Harts Place: 10 past producers, 6 producers, 3 occurrences, 2 prospects. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Pumice, Lead, Copper, Silver, Gold, Uranium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big Bully Prospect | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Caltrans #178 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Rattle Snake Group | Lead, Copper, Silver, Gold | Occurrence | Replacement | |
| Black Mountain Group | Pumice | Prospect | ||
| Black Mountain Group | Pumice | Occurrence | ||
| Calsilco | Pumice | Past Producer | ||
| Opal Extension and South Opal Gp. | Pumice | Prospect | ||
| Ora No. 1 Claim | Pumice | Past Producer | ||
| Angus Property | Gold | Producer | ||
| Angus Property | Gold | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Little Dixie (historical) | 2.9 miles | 26 | |
| Armistead | 3.4 miles | 23 | |
| Freeman Junction | 7.4 miles | 23 | |
| Ricardo | 9.0 miles | 26 | |
| Terese (historical) | 10.1 miles | 23 | |
| Saltdale (historical) | 10.3 miles | 26 | |
| Ceneda | 10.5 miles | 26 | |
| Redrock (historical) | 10.8 miles | 26 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q14682120 | 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 252899. 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.








