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La Delta, California

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Victorville-Hesperia census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92368. The Survey maps it on the Helendale quadrangle. It stands 2,589 feet above sea level.

La Delta 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 La Delta, surveyed 1982
Topographic sheet of La Delta, surveyed 1932

Compare 1932 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 21 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

44 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 44 fires within 5 miles of La Delta between 1992 and 2020, burning about 467 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 4 were 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/undetermined16
Equipment and vehicle use12
Debris and open burning8
Arson/incendiarism4
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Fireworks1
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
22 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.8 acresCalifornia Desert DistrictQUARTZ
18 September 2020Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresSan Bernardino Unitnot named
15 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
13 September 1993Arson/incendiarism17 acresCalifornia Desert DistrictQUARRY 3
9 August 2000Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictDESERT
28 August 1994Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictQUARTZ
14 August 1993Arson/incendiarism80 acresCalifornia Desert DistrictMARTIN
12 August 1993Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictSHEEP

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Bernardino County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 64 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 64 workings within 5 miles of La Delta: 48 past producers, 10 prospects, 3 occurrences, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Limestone, General, Silica. 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
AnacoZinc, Lead, SilverOccurrenceReplacement
Apex MineGold, Silver, LeadPast ProducerGold
Atwood Clay DepositsKaolinPast Producer
Black DiamondCopper, Silver, GoldOccurrenceVein
Branch MineGold, Silver, Lead, CopperPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Gold
CarbonateGold, Silver, Manganese, Lead, ZincPast ProducerUnderground
CarbonateSilver, Copper, Gold, LeadPast Producer
Carbonate MineLead, Silver, Gold, CopperPast ProducerVein
Oro Grande Cement PlantCalciumProducer
Oro Grande I MineGold, Copper, 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
Bryman2.2 miles21
Oro Grande3.0 miles24
Mojave Heights5.2 miles24
Adelanto5.3 miles24
Bellevue Heights6.0 miles24
Leon6.1 miles24
The Village6.3 miles24
Valley High North6.8 miles24

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 Q14682996The 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 1660853. 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.