Jimgrey, California
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Barstow census division. The Survey maps it on the Kramer Hills quadrangle.
Then and now
1932 to 1982The same ground, surveyed 50 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1932 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 17 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.
- 1932 USGS Barstow quadrangle1:125000
- 1934 USGS Barstow quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Hawes quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Kramer Hills quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Victorville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
6 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Jimgrey between 1992 and 2020, burning about 17 acres in total. None 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 | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 August 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | San Bernardino Unit | CALL BOX |
| 28 June 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Desert District | PIPELINE |
| 12 June 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | 15 acres | San Bernardino Unit | HARPER |
| 5 May 2019 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | San Bernardino Unit | not named |
| 3 February 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | San Bernardino Unit | not named |
| 30 October 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | California Desert District | KRAMER HILLS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 33 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 33 workings within 5 miles of Jimgrey: 27 prospects, 4 past producers, 1 plant, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Uranium, Semiprecious Gemstone, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Mine | Feldspar | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Mine | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Shaft | Thorium, Uranium | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Copper | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Shaft | Copper | Prospect | ||
| Unknown Skarn Occurrence | Gold, Zinc | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Mine | Gold, Zinc | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Semiprecious Gemstone, Gemstone | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Semiprecious Gemstone, Gemstone | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Uranium, Gemstone | Prospect |
Storms near this place
1 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jimgrey in 1 storm report in 2016: 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2016 | Flash Flood | Jimgrey | $1,000 | Water flowed across Highway 58. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kramer Hills (historical) | 3.9 miles | 17 | |
| Kramer Junction | 4.1 miles | 16 | |
| Hawes (historical) | 6.1 miles | 19 | |
| Kramer | 6.4 miles | 16 | |
| Lockhart | 7.7 miles | 20 | |
| Eads (historical) | 10.2 miles | 19 | |
| Hinkley | 14.5 miles | 19 | |
| Fremont | 15.9 miles | 23 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1660814. 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.










