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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.

Indian Village within Inyo County

Then and now

1908 to 1988

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Indian Village, surveyed 1988
Topographic sheet of Indian Village, surveyed 1908

Compare 1908 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 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

3 since 2000

Regional 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/undetermined1
Natural1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
9 August 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined34 acresCalifornia Desert DistrictTRAVERTINE
18 February 2000Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreDeath Valley National ParkVC
20 November 2019Naturalunder an acreDeath Valley National ParkPOLE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Inyo County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 16 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Borate OccurrenceBoron-BoratesOccurrenceColemanite
Borate OccurrenceBoron-BoratesOccurrenceColemanite
Borate OccurrenceBoron-BoratesOccurrenceColemanite
Borate OccurrenceBoron-BoratesOccurrenceColemanite
Borate OccurrenceBoron-BoratesOccurrenceColemanite
Borate OccurrenceBoron-BoratesOccurrenceColemanite
Borate OccurrenceBoron-BoratesOccurrenceColemanite
Borate OccurrenceBoron-BoratesOccurrenceColemanite
Borate OccurrenceBoron-BoratesOccurrenceColemanite
Borate OccurrenceBoron-BoratesOccurrenceColemanite

Every working recorded in Inyo 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
Furnace Creek0.6 miles26
Park Village4.4 miles25
Schwaub (historical)8.9 miles24
Beatty Junction10.3 miles25
Ryan13.8 miles25
Harrisburg13.9 miles29
Skidoo (historical)14.5 miles28
Badwater16.2 miles24

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.