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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.

Jimgrey within San Bernardino County

Then and now

1932 to 1982

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Jimgrey, surveyed 1982
Topographic sheet of Jimgrey, surveyed 1932

Compare 1932 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 17 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

6 since 1992

Regional 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/undetermined3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
18 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSan Bernardino UnitCALL BOX
28 June 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictPIPELINE
12 June 1992Equipment and vehicle use15 acresSan Bernardino UnitHARPER
5 May 2019Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSan Bernardino Unitnot named
3 February 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSan Bernardino Unitnot named
30 October 2008Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictKRAMER HILLS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Bernardino County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 33 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unnamed MineFeldsparProspect
Unnamed MineClayPast Producer
Unnamed ShaftThorium, UraniumProspect
Unnamed ProspectCopperProspect
Unnamed ShaftCopperProspect
Unknown Skarn OccurrenceGold, ZincOccurrence
Unnamed MineGold, ZincProspect
Unnamed ProspectSemiprecious Gemstone, GemstoneProspect
Unnamed ProspectSemiprecious Gemstone, GemstonePast Producer
Unnamed ProspectUranium, GemstoneProspect

Every working recorded in San Bernardino County

Storms near this place

1 since 2016

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2016Flash FloodJimgrey$1,000Water flowed across Highway 58.

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
Kramer Hills (historical)3.9 miles17
Kramer Junction4.1 miles16
Hawes (historical)6.1 miles19
Kramer6.4 miles16
Lockhart7.7 miles20
Eads (historical)10.2 miles19
Hinkley14.5 miles19
Fremont15.9 miles23

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.