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Kenton Mill, California

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1977. It stands in the Twentynine Palms-Yucca Valley census division. The Survey maps it on the Lavic Lake quadrangle.

Kenton Mill within San Bernardino County

Then and now

1953 to 1977

The same ground, surveyed 24 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Kenton Mill, surveyed 1977
Topographic sheet of Kenton Mill, surveyed 1953

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 14 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 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Kenton Mill in 1995, 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/undetermined1

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
14 July 1995Missing data/not specified/undetermined17 acresSan Bernardino UnitEL MIRAGE

Every fire recorded in San Bernardino County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Kenton Mill: 7 past producers, 3 prospects, 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Lead, Silver, Copper, Lead. 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
Imperial Lode MineSilver, Zinc, LeadPast Producer
MowryLead, Silver, Copper, GoldOccurrenceVein
Mowry MineLead, Copper, Gold, SilverProspect
Sunshine CopperCopper, Lead, SilverPast Producer
SunshineCopper, GoldProspect
Old DomainGold, Silver, Copper, LeadPast Producer
Old DomainGold, Silver, Copper, LeadPast Producer
Old DominionGold, Silver, Copper, LeadPast Producer
Pat MaloyLead, SilverPast Producer
Pat MaloyLead, SilverPast 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
Lavic6.5 miles14
Argos8.1 miles14
Pisgah8.3 miles14
Stedman9.9 miles13
Ragtown10.9 miles13
Ludlow11.8 miles13
Hector12.4 miles14
Poe (historical)13.8 miles14

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 Q122548154The 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 1660832. 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.