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Lavic, California

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1977. It stands in the Newberry Springs-Baker census division. The Survey maps it on the Lavic Lake quadrangle.

Lavic within San Bernardino County

Then and now

1953 to 1977

The same ground, surveyed 24 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Lavic, surveyed 1977
Topographic sheet of Lavic, surveyed 1953

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 14 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

2 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Lavic between 2007 and 2013, burning under an acre 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/undetermined2

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
20 June 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreMojave National PreserveSANTA FE
19 April 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictPITT

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Bernardino County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 17 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Lavic: 9 occurrences, 4 prospects, 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Strontium, Molybdenum, Pumice, Barium-Barite. 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
Fort Cady Process PlantBoron-Borates, Gypsum-AnhydriteProspect
Paymaster MineManganeseProspect
PrestonLead, Barium-BariteProspect
Unnamed Jasper OccurrenceGemstoneOccurrence
Unnamed PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Imperial LoadMolybdenumOccurrenceVein
Imperial Lode MineMolybdenumOccurrenceWulfenite
Mt. Pisgah Volcanic CindersPumicePast Producer
Unnamed Barite DepositBarium-BariteOccurrence
Unnamed Volcanic Cinder OccurrencePumiceOccurrence

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
Pisgah3.1 miles14
Argos3.3 miles14
Kenton Mill6.5 miles14
Ludlow8.1 miles13
Hector9.1 miles14
Ragtown9.6 miles13
Stedman10.2 miles13
Poe (historical)11.8 miles14

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 Q122590887The 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 252919. 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.