Indian Village, California
26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Death Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92328. It lies near Breakfast Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Furnace Creek quadrangle.
Then and now
1908 to 1988The same ground, surveyed 80 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1908 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 26 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.
- 1908 USGS Furnace Creek quadrangle1:250000
- 1910 USGS Furnace Creek quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1948 USGS Death Valley quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1952 USGS Furnace Creek quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Death Valley quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Death Valley quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Death Valley quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Death Valley quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Death Valley quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Death Valley quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Death Valley quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Death Valley Junction quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Furnace Creek quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
3 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Indian Village between 2000 and 2019, burning about 34 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 August 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 34 acres | California Desert District | TRAVERTINE |
| 18 February 2000 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Death Valley National Park | VC |
| 20 November 2019 | Natural | under an acre | Death Valley National Park | POLE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 16 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Indian Village: 14 occurrences, 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Borate Occurrence | Boron-Borates | Occurrence | Colemanite | |
| Borate Occurrence | Boron-Borates | Occurrence | Colemanite | |
| Borate Occurrence | Boron-Borates | Occurrence | Colemanite | |
| Borate Occurrence | Boron-Borates | Occurrence | Colemanite | |
| Borate Occurrence | Boron-Borates | Occurrence | Colemanite | |
| Borate Occurrence | Boron-Borates | Occurrence | Colemanite | |
| Borate Occurrence | Boron-Borates | Occurrence | Colemanite | |
| Borate Occurrence | Boron-Borates | Occurrence | Colemanite | |
| Borate Occurrence | Boron-Borates | Occurrence | Colemanite | |
| Borate Occurrence | Boron-Borates | Occurrence | Colemanite |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Furnace Creek | 0.6 miles | 26 | |
| Park Village | 4.4 miles | 25 | |
| Schwaub (historical) | 8.9 miles | 24 | |
| Beatty Junction | 10.3 miles | 25 | |
| Ryan | 13.8 miles | 25 | |
| Harrisburg | 13.9 miles | 29 | |
| Skidoo (historical) | 14.5 miles | 28 | |
| Badwater | 16.2 miles | 24 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1656543. 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.












