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Houze Place, California

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1931 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Barstow census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92301. The Survey maps it on the Jackrabbit Hill quadrangle.

Houze Place within San Bernardino County

Then and now

1931 to 1982

The same ground, surveyed 51 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Houze Place, surveyed 1982
Topographic sheet of Houze Place, surveyed 1931

Compare 1931 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 21 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

3 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Houze Place between 1998 and 2019, burning about 43 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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/undetermined1
Arson/incendiarism1
Debris and open burning1

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
11 July 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined43 acresCalifornia Desert DistrictDESERT
10 June 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreSan Bernardino UnitOASIS RD PINION_HILLS
24 April 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSan Bernardino Unitnot named

Every fire recorded in San Bernardino County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 21 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Houze Place: 9 prospects, 6 past producers, 5 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Tungsten, Uranium, Copper, Boron-Borates. 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
Rho ABoron-Borates, ArsenicOccurrence1957
Unnamed Feldspar OccurrenceFeldsparOccurrence
Lakeview ClaimsCopper, Silver, GoldProspect
Nellie May GroupCopper, Silver, GoldPast Producer
Sunray Mid-Continent Oil Co. Colemanite DepositBoron-BoratesOccurrence1958
Unnamed ProspectCopperProspect
Baxter PropertyUraniumProspect
Roll ProspectUraniumProspect
Unnamed ProspectUraniumProspect
Unnamed ProspectUraniumProspect

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
El Mirage11.5 miles22
Kramer Hills (historical)13.4 miles17
Silver Lakes15.2 miles21
Kramer15.7 miles16
Helendale16.1 miles21
Kramer Junction16.1 miles16
Bryman16.2 miles21
Jimgrey16.6 miles17

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 Q122546849The 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 1660771. 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.