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Klinefelter, California

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Needles census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92363. It stands on Crestview Wash. The Survey maps it on the Bannock quadrangle.

Klinefelter within San Bernardino County

Then and now

1943 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 42 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Klinefelter, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Klinefelter, surveyed 1943

Compare 1943 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

30 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Klinefelter between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Equipment and vehicle use11
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Debris and open burning1
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
28 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictJAVA
19 September 1993Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictJAVA
1 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictJAVA
24 August 2010Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictMUSIC
21 August 1992Debris and open burningunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictHAY
12 August 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictOZZY
8 July 2008Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictPOLARA
28 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictHACIENDO

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Bernardino County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 27 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 27 workings within 5 miles of Klinefelter: 15 prospects, 8 occurrences, 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Gold, Manganese, 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
Black Mountain ClaimsManganese, Iron, CopperOccurrencePsilomelane, Pyrolusite
Unknown ProspectGold, Semiprecious GemstoneProspect
Unnamed ProspectCopper, Fluorine-FluoriteProspect
Unnamed ProspectBarium-BariteProspect
VortexBarium-BariteProspect
BriceGold, SilverOccurrence
BruceGold, SilverOccurrence
Gold RidgeGold, Silver, CopperPast Producer1883
Black MountainManganese, GoldPast Producer
Black Mountain ClaimsManganesePast Producer1918

Every working recorded in San Bernardino County

Storms near this place

11 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Klinefelter in 11 storm reports between 2005 and 2025: 11 flash flood. The reports record 1 death. 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
August 2013Flash FloodKlinefelter1 killed, $50,000Highway 95 was damaged and closed by flash flooding. One woman died when her vehicle was swept away by the flood.
November 2025Flash FloodKlinefelter$20,000Highway 95 was completely washed out at mile marker 60.4.
July 2018Flash FloodKlinefelter$10,000Highway 95 was closed just north of I-40 due to mud, rocks, and trees covering the road.
August 2012Flash FloodKlinefelter$10,000Highway 95 was closed due to water and debris flowing across the road in multiple places from mile marker 61 to just south of the Nevada state line. A big rig was stalled in one of the flooded areas.
July 2015Flash FloodKlinefelter$2,000Water, debris, and boulders were over Highway 95 just north of I-40.
September 2023Flash FloodKlinefelter$1,000About a foot of water flowed over Highway 95.
July 2022Flash FloodKlinefelter$1,000Hwy 95 was flooded just north of I-40.
August 2017Flash FloodKlinefelter$1,000Highway 95 was flooded.
August 2016Flash FloodKlinefelter$1,000Highway 95 was flooded near Interstate 40. Rocks were in the road, and some cars were being pushed off the road by the water.
September 2009Flash FloodKlinefelter-U.S. Highway 95 was closed from Interstate 40 to mile marker 60 due to flooding. At least one vehicle was stuck.
August 2005Flash FloodKlinefelter-U.S. Highway 95 closed from Interstate 40 to the Nevada state line.

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
Java2.3 miles23
Ibis3.0 miles14
Arrowhead Junction4.2 miles14
Bannock5.7 miles14
Needles8.9 miles25
Homer9.1 miles14
Parker Junction12.8 miles25
Goffs15.7 miles18

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 Q122557788The 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 252915. 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.