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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.

Ibis within San Bernardino County

Then and now

1943 to 1985

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Ibis, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Ibis, surveyed 1943

Compare 1943 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 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

12 since 1992

Regional 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 use5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Natural1

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
6 September 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictGOFFS
12 August 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictOZZY
8 July 2008Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictPOLARA
28 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictHACIENDO
17 July 2000Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictWATERS
13 July 1998Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMojave National PreserveBLM AST#20
10 July 2000Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictIBIS
28 June 1992Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresSan Bernardino UnitKLINEFELTER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Bernardino County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 17 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Black Mountain ClaimsManganese, Iron, CopperOccurrencePsilomelane, Pyrolusite
Unnamed ProspectCopper, Fluorine-FluoriteProspect
Unnamed QuarriesStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Black MountainManganese, GoldPast Producer
Unnamed ProspectGoldProspect
Unnamed ProspectBarium-BariteProspect
VortexBarium-BariteProspect
Black Mountain ClaimsManganesePast Producer1918
Black MountainCopperOccurrence
Black MountainCopperOccurrence

Every working recorded in San Bernardino County

Storms near this place

5 since 2015

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2016Flash FloodIbis$10,000Flash flooding closed Needles Highway and River Road, and also washed out several nearby roads.
May 2025Flash FloodIbis$2,000Needles Highway was flooded with water and boulders just south of the CA/NV state line.
June 2025Flash FloodIbis$2,000Needles Highway was flooded at Budweiser Road and between Park Road and Aha Macav Parkway.
July 2022Flash FloodIbis$2,000Water and debris flowed over Hwy 95 south of Goffs Rd.
October 2015Flash FloodIbis$2,000Needles Highway was closed near River Road due to water flowing rapidly over the road.

Every storm 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
Arrowhead Junction1.7 miles14
Klinefelter3.0 miles14
Bannock3.8 miles14
Java5.0 miles23
Homer7.8 miles14
Needles11.4 miles25
Goffs14.4 miles18
Parker Junction15.7 miles25

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.