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Juan, California

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1985. The Survey maps it on the Hart Peak quadrangle.

Juan 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 Juan, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Juan, 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

1 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Juan in 1993, burning about 230 acres in total. 1 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
Natural1

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 August 1993Natural230 acresCalifornia Desert DistrictCASTLE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Bernardino County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 21 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Juan: 16 prospects, 3 past producers, 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Uranium, Perlite, Clay, Kaolin. 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
Castle Mtns.MontmorillonitePast Producer
GermaniteCopperProspect
SearchlightFlagstoneProspect
Thorium ProspectUranium, ThoriumOccurrence
Unnamed ShaftBarium-BariteProspect
Whitehart No. 1KaolinProspect
Hart Peak No. 5ClayProspect
Turtle BackClayProspect
White Rose Clay ProspectClayProspect
Castle Mountains PerlitePerlitePast 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
Hart (historical)5.4 miles27
Vanderbilt9.0 miles27
Barnwell9.3 miles26
Moore9.5 miles27
Ivanpah11.9 miles27
Nipton12.0 miles27
Brant15.8 miles27
Lanfair17.4 miles26

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1660821. 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.