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Joshua, 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 Joshua quadrangle.

Joshua 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 Joshua, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Joshua, 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

23 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Joshua between 1992 and 2020, burning about 139 acres in total. 11 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
Natural11
Equipment and vehicle use6
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Smoking1

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
27 September 2010Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictMORNING
10 September 2011Naturalunder an acreMojave National PreserveBLAIR 2
9 August 1995Smoking1.0 acresMojave National PreserveCIMA2
8 August 2001Naturalunder an acreMojave National PreserveKESSLER
6 August 2001Naturalunder an acreMojave National Preserve3 MILE
5 August 1993Naturalunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictHACKBERRY2
25 August 2019Equipment and vehicle use67 acresMojave National PreserveSTAR
19 August 2013Naturalunder an acreMojave National PreserveBROOKLYN FLATS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Bernardino County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 22 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Joshua: 15 prospects, 3 producers, 2 past producers, 2 occurrences. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Tungsten, Copper. 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
Billy Boy MineGold, Copper, Zinc, SilverProspect
Butcher Knife MineGold, Silver, Zinc, CopperProspect
Death ValleyZinc, LeadProducer
Death Valley MineLead, Gold, SilverPast Producer
Tungsten King MineSilver, Copper, Lead, Tungsten, ZincProspect
Unnamed ProspectGold, Barium-BariteProspect
Unnamed ProspectCopper, Zinc, Gold, SilverProspect
Big Quartz MineMolybdenumProspect
Ivanpah MountainsFluorine-FluoriteOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectCopper, MolybdenumProspect

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
Cima3.5 miles27
Brant4.4 miles27
Thomas Place6.6 miles27
Chase6.7 miles27
Ivanpah8.8 miles27
Elora10.1 miles27
Vanderbilt11.3 miles27
Barnwell11.4 miles26

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 252910. 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.