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Johnstons Corner, California

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Barstow census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92311. The Survey maps it on the Hodge quadrangle.

Johnstons Corner 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 Johnstons Corner, surveyed 1982
Topographic sheet of Johnstons Corner, surveyed 1932

Compare 1932 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 19 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

41 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of Johnstons Corner between 1992 and 2020, burning about 361 acres in total. None 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
Equipment and vehicle use22
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Recreation and ceremony1
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
29 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresCalifornia Desert DistrictROCK
2 September 1995Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictSIDEWINDER
14 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictHODGE
28 August 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
24 August 1993Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictS WINDER 2
24 August 1993Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictS WINDER
24 August 1993Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictSIDEWINDER
21 August 1992Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictFIERO

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Bernardino County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Johnstons Corner: 7 prospects, 3 past producers, 3 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Silica, Copper, Mercury, Asbestos. 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
Golconda Asbestos DepositAsbestosProspect
Golconda Clay DepositKaolinProspect
Hodge DepositsStone, Crushed/BrokenProspect
Iron Mountain DepositsLimestone, GeneralOccurrence
Johnson and Vogt Rutile DepositTitanium, Quartz, MicaProspect
Millet DepositClayProspect
New Discovery MineGoldPast Producer
Red BirdMercuryOccurrence
Red BirdMercuryUnknown
Atlas Fire Brick Co. GanisterSilicaPast Producer

Every working 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
Hodge1.2 miles19
Lenwood5.2 miles21
Grandview5.7 miles21
Wild Crossing6.1 miles18
Mace (historical)7.0 miles21
Barstow Heights7.1 miles18
Hinkley7.3 miles19
Hutt7.7 miles21

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.

Wikidata item Q122541135The 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 244121. 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.