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Kramer Hills, California

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Barstow census division. The Survey maps it on the Kramer Hills quadrangle. It stands 2,739 feet above sea level. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Kramer Hills 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 Kramer Hills (historical), surveyed 1982
Topographic sheet of Kramer Hills (historical), surveyed 1932

Compare 1932 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 17 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

12 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Kramer Hills (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 12 acres in total. 2 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
Equipment and vehicle use6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Natural2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 July 2005Naturalunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictORD
28 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Bernardino Unitnot named
26 July 2005Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresCalifornia Desert DistrictKRAMER
25 July 2018Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
16 July 2011Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresCalifornia Desert DistrictFIFTY EIGHT
3 June 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictCARBONRAIL
5 May 2019Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSan Bernardino Unitnot named
24 May 1996Naturalunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictJOSHUA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Bernardino County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 60 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 60 workings within 5 miles of Kramer Hills (historical): 50 prospects, 7 past producers, 2 occurrences, 1 plant. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Uranium, Semiprecious Gemstone, 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
Unnamed MineFeldsparProspect
Unnamed Ornamental Stone OccurrenceStone, DimensionOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectChromium, Cobalt, Gold, Nickel, ZincProspect
Unnamed ShaftThorium, UraniumProspect
Ball Magnesite MineMagnesitePast Producer
Kramer Hills DepositMagnesiteProspect
Unnamed ProspectCopperProspect
Unnamed ShaftCopperProspect
Kramer Hills and HerkelrathGold, SilverPlant1927, 1988
Unknown Skarn OccurrenceGold, ZincOccurrence

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
Jimgrey3.9 miles17
Hawes (historical)5.7 miles19
Kramer Junction6.3 miles16
Kramer8.0 miles16
Lockhart9.8 miles20
Eads (historical)10.2 miles19
Houze Place13.4 miles21
Silver Lakes13.9 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.

Wikipedia article on Kramer Hills (historical)An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6436028The 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 252916. 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.