Kramer Junction, California
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1937 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Barstow census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93516. The Survey maps it on the Kramer Junction quadrangle.
Then and now
1937 to 1982The same ground, surveyed 45 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1937 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 16 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1937 USGS Kramer quadrangle1:48000
- 1942 USGS Kramer quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1947 USGS Kramer quadrangle1:24000
- 1953 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Kramer quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Kramer Junction quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Victorville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
9 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Kramer Junction between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | California Desert District | MOOSE 2 |
| 17 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | California Desert District | KRAMER 3 |
| 18 August 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | California Desert District | KRAMER |
| 18 August 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | San Bernardino Unit | CALL BOX |
| 28 June 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Desert District | PIPELINE |
| 17 June 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | California Desert District | KRAMER 2 |
| 5 May 2019 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | San Bernardino Unit | not named |
| 3 February 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | San Bernardino Unit | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 12 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Kramer Junction: 11 prospects, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Uranium, Gold, Copper, Boron-Borates. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Prospect | Semiprecious Gemstone, Gemstone | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Silver | Prospect | ||
| 395 Hill Deposit | Boron-Borates | Prospect | ||
| Rho Colemanite Deposit | Boron-Borates | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Gold | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Copper | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Shaft | Copper | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Shaft | Gold | Prospect | ||
| Big Ben | Uranium | Prospect | ||
| Carnotite No. 1 | Uranium | Occurrence |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kramer | 2.3 miles | 16 | |
| Jimgrey | 4.1 miles | 17 | |
| Kramer Hills (historical) | 6.3 miles | 17 | |
| Hawes (historical) | 10.1 miles | 19 | |
| Lockhart | 11.3 miles | 20 | |
| Fremont | 13.9 miles | 23 | |
| Eads (historical) | 14.3 miles | 19 | |
| Houze Place | 16.1 miles | 21 |
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 Q6436031 | The 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 255520. 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.











