Landers, California
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Twentynine Palms-Yucca Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92285. The Survey maps it on the Landers quadrangle. It stands 3,084 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1953 to 1982The same ground, surveyed 29 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in Landers
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
Integratronlisted 2018
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 13 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.
- 1953 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Emerson Lake quadrangle1:62500, 3 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
- 1972 USGS Landers quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Big Bear Lake quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
34 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Landers between 1992 and 2020, burning about 126 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 3 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/undetermined | 17 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | California Desert District | RICHY |
| 12 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Desert District | PINE |
| 1 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | San Bernardino Unit | not named |
| 4 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Desert District | DUMP |
| 29 August 1998 | Smoking | under an acre | San Bernardino Unit | SMALL SPOT |
| 17 August 2015 | Natural | under an acre | California Desert District | DUMP |
| 9 July 1998 | Natural | under an acre | California Desert District | STARFIRE |
| 4 June 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | San Bernardino Unit | HOPI |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Landers: 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Niobium (Columbium), Tantalum, REE, Thorium, Lead, Zinc, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| California - Hercules | Lead, Zinc, Silver | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Rock Corral Area | Niobium (Columbium), Tantalum, REE, Thorium | Occurrence | Allanite, Euxenite |
Storms near this place
10 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Landers in 10 storm reports between 2011 and 2022: 7 flash flood, 1 hail, 1 lightning, 1 tornado. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2018 | Flash Flood | Landers | $500,000 | Major flash flooding occurred in the Morongo Basin. A spotter recorded 2.27 inches of rain between midnight and 630 AM PDT. Many roads were flooded or washed out, and numerous vehicles, including a fire truck, were either washed off the roads or stuck in flood waters and/or mud. Three water lines were broken, leaving many customers without water for up to 36 hours. |
| October 2015 | Lightning | Landers | $10,000 | Lightning knocked out power to over 4000 customers and set fire to a palm tree between Landers and Twentynine Palms. |
| August 2013 | Flash Flood | Landers | $5,000 | Six to 12 inches of water and mud flowed across Highway 247 at Reche Road and also Belfield Blvd. at Encantado Blvd. in Landers. One vehicle was washed away. |
| October 2015 | Flash Flood | Landers | $2,000 | A vehicle was stuck in a flooded wash on Winter Road. |
| August 2022 | Flash Flood | Landers | $1,000 | The intersection of Lilac and Acoma was flooded. The spotter measured 0.66 of rain in 25 minutes. |
| June 2015 | Flash Flood | Landers | $1,000 | Water, rocks, and debris flowed over Linn Road and Belfield Boulevard. A nearby spotter reported half an inch of rain in less than half an hour. |
| July 2015 | Flash Flood | Landers | $1,000 | Water one foot deep flowed over Reche Road at Sunny Vista. |
| August 2012 | Flash Flood | Landers | $1,000 | Six inches of water along with rocks and debris flowed across Avalon Avenue between Winters and Aberdeen. |
| July 2015 | Tornado (EF0) | Landers | - | Two landspouts were photographed in open desert just north of Landers. No damage occurred. |
| September 2011 | Hail | Landers | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flamingo Heights | 3.0 miles | 15 | |
| Hidden River | 7.5 miles | 14 | |
| Pioneertown | 9.3 miles | 15 | |
| Sunfair Heights | 9.4 miles | 15 | |
| Rimrock | 9.8 miles | 29 | |
| Joshua Tree | 10.0 miles | 14 | |
| Sunfair | 10.5 miles | 15 | |
| Yucca Valley | 10.7 miles | 15 |
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 Landers | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6484434 | 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 244564. 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.








