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Ivanpah, California

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Newberry Springs-Baker census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92364. The Survey maps it on the Ivanpah quadrangle. It stands 3,520 feet above sea level.

Ivanpah within San Bernardino County

Then and now

1910 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 75 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Ivanpah, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Ivanpah, surveyed 1910

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 27 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 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Ivanpah between 1993 and 2016, burning about 55 acres in total. 9 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
Natural9
Equipment and vehicle use2
Arson/incendiarism1

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 August 1993Naturalunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictIVANPAH
29 August 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictMONKEY
27 August 1993Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMojave National PreserveCRAIG
1 August 2014Naturalunder an acreMojave National PreserveQUINN PEAK
5 July 2006Naturalunder an acreMojave National PreserveVALLEY VIEW #2
4 July 2006Naturalunder an acreMojave National PreserveAVILA RANCH
28 July 1997Naturalunder an acreMojave National PreserveBRANT
28 July 1997Naturalunder an acreMojave National PreserveIVANPAH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Bernardino County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 57 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 57 workings within 5 miles of Ivanpah: 35 prospects, 13 past producers, 5 occurrences, 2 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Tungsten, Copper, Silver. 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
Big ThunderSilver, Copper, Lead, ZincProspect
Bronze MineTungsten, Copper, Lead, Silver, ZincPast Producer
Eagle ProspectGold, Lead, Silver, ZincProspect
Garvanza MineTungsten, Copper, Lead, Molybdenum, ZincPast Producer
Gillsmith and VictoryTungsten, Zinc, Copper, Fluorine-Fluorite, SilverProspect
Gold Bar MineGold, Copper, Silver, LeadPast Producer
Gold/Red ProspectLead, Gold, Silver, ZincProspect
Graphite ProspectGraphite, Barium-Barite, ChromiumProspect
Kay Claim GroupGold, Silver, LeadProspect
Old JoeLead, Zinc, Gold, SilverProspect

Every working recorded in San Bernardino County

Storms near this place

3 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ivanpah in 3 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 3 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
July 2025Flash FloodIvanpah$2,000Rocks and debris a few inches deep washed over Morning Star Mine Road.
September 2025Flash FloodIvanpah$1,000Ivanpah Road was flooded.
July 2008Flash FloodIvanpah-Morning Star Mine Road was flooded for approximately four miles.

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
Vanderbilt3.2 miles27
Moore4.2 miles27
Brant4.6 miles27
Barnwell5.1 miles26
Joshua8.8 miles27
Nipton8.9 miles27
Hart (historical)11.5 miles27
Juan11.9 miles27

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.

Wikipedia article on IvanpahAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6098302The 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 243939. 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.