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Hayden, California

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Newberry Springs-Baker census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92332. It stands on Cedar Wash. The Survey maps it on the Hayden quadrangle.

Hayden within San Bernardino County

Then and now

1910 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 75 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Hayden, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Hayden, surveyed 1910

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 26 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 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Hayden between 1996 and 2017, burning about 1 acre in total. 4 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
Natural4
Smoking1
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
1 August 2016Naturalunder an acreMojave National PreservePOWER POLE 2
18 July 2015Naturalunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictHAYDEN
10 July 1996Naturalunder an acreMojave National PreservePOLE
1 July 2017Smokingunder an acreMojave National PreservePARKING LOT
1 July 2015Naturalunder an acreMojave National PreserveKELSO POWER POLE
7 June 2003Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictGOLD
30 October 2003Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMojave National PreserveAIRCRASH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Bernardino County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 45 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 45 workings within 5 miles of Hayden: 22 occurrences, 17 prospects, 4 past producers, 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Gold, Silver, Silver, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Iris Fin ProspectSilver, Copper, ZincUnknown1980
Kelgold Nos. 9-10Zinc, CopperOccurrence
L' Chacana ProspectGold, Lead, Silver, ZincOccurrence
Silver Queen 1-33 ProspectGold, Silver, Copper, Lead, TungstenOccurrence1978
Specular Mine LimestoneLimestone, GeneralOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectSilver, Gold, Copper, LeadOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectSilver, Copper, MolybdenumOccurrence
Unnamed Quartzite OccurrenceSilica, Stone, Crushed/BrokenOccurrence
Lopez No. 3 ProspectGold, Silver, Lead, ZincOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectGold, Silver, LeadOccurrence

Every working 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
Kelso3.2 miles27
Elora7.8 miles27
Flynn7.9 miles17
Chase11.2 miles27
Rainbow Wells11.2 miles26
Kerens11.7 miles16
Thomas Place11.9 miles27
Glasgow14.3 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1660735. 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.