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Kramer, 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. It stands 2,497 feet above sea level.

Kramer within San Bernardino County

Then and now

1937 to 1982

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Kramer, surveyed 1982
Topographic sheet of Kramer, surveyed 1937

Compare 1937 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 16 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

16 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Kramer between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5 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/undetermined9
Equipment and vehicle use5
Smoking1
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
5 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
25 September 1992Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictMOOSE 2
17 September 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictKRAMER 3
5 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
18 August 1993Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictKRAMER
18 August 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSan Bernardino UnitCALL BOX
5 July 2006Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresCalifornia Desert DistrictUNNAMED FIRE 1136
30 July 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Bernardino County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Kramer: 3 prospects, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Boron-Borates, Uranium. 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
Carnotite No. 1UraniumOccurrence
395 Hill DepositBoron-BoratesProspect
Rho Colemanite DepositBoron-BoratesProspect
Russell Shaft IiBoron-BoratesProspect

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
Kramer Junction2.3 miles16
Jimgrey6.4 miles17
Kramer Hills (historical)8.0 miles17
Hawes (historical)12.4 miles19
Lockhart13.6 miles20
Fremont13.6 miles23
Houze Place15.7 miles21
Eads (historical)16.6 miles19

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 KramerAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6436019The 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 1666689. 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.