Ibis, California
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Needles census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92363. The Survey maps it on the Bannock quadrangle.
Then and now
1943 to 1985The same ground, surveyed 42 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1943 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 14 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.
- 1943 USGS Bannock quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Needles quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Bannock quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Needles quadrangle1:250000, 7 printings
- 1981 USGS Needles quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Bannock quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Needles quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
12 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Ibis between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | California Desert District | GOFFS |
| 12 August 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Desert District | OZZY |
| 8 July 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | California Desert District | POLARA |
| 28 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Desert District | HACIENDO |
| 17 July 2000 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | California Desert District | WATERS |
| 13 July 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Mojave National Preserve | BLM AST#20 |
| 10 July 2000 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | California Desert District | IBIS |
| 28 June 1992 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | San Bernardino Unit | KLINEFELTER |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 17 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Ibis: 9 prospects, 5 occurrences, 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Manganese, Gold, Barium-Barite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Mountain Claims | Manganese, Iron, Copper | Occurrence | Psilomelane, Pyrolusite | |
| Unnamed Prospect | Copper, Fluorine-Fluorite | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Quarries | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Black Mountain | Manganese, Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Gold | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Barium-Barite | Prospect | ||
| Vortex | Barium-Barite | Prospect | ||
| Black Mountain Claims | Manganese | Past Producer | 1918 | |
| Black Mountain | Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Black Mountain | Copper | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
5 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ibis in 5 storm reports between 2015 and 2025: 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2016 | Flash Flood | Ibis | $10,000 | Flash flooding closed Needles Highway and River Road, and also washed out several nearby roads. |
| May 2025 | Flash Flood | Ibis | $2,000 | Needles Highway was flooded with water and boulders just south of the CA/NV state line. |
| June 2025 | Flash Flood | Ibis | $2,000 | Needles Highway was flooded at Budweiser Road and between Park Road and Aha Macav Parkway. |
| July 2022 | Flash Flood | Ibis | $2,000 | Water and debris flowed over Hwy 95 south of Goffs Rd. |
| October 2015 | Flash Flood | Ibis | $2,000 | Needles Highway was closed near River Road due to water flowing rapidly over the road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arrowhead Junction | 1.7 miles | 14 | |
| Klinefelter | 3.0 miles | 14 | |
| Bannock | 3.8 miles | 14 | |
| Java | 5.0 miles | 23 | |
| Homer | 7.8 miles | 14 | |
| Needles | 11.4 miles | 25 | |
| Goffs | 14.4 miles | 18 | |
| Parker Junction | 15.7 miles | 25 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 252906. 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.






