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Little Morongo Heights, California

30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Twentynine Palms-Yucca Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92256. The Survey maps it on the Morongo Valley quadrangle.

Little Morongo Heights within San Bernardino County

Then and now

1901 to 1997

The same ground, surveyed 96 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Little Morongo Heights, surveyed 1997
Topographic sheet of Little Morongo Heights, surveyed 1901

Compare 1901 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 30 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

160 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 160 fires within 5 miles of Little Morongo Heights between 1992 and 2020, burning about 67,246 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 11 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/undetermined81
Equipment and vehicle use27
Natural12
Arson/incendiarism11
Debris and open burning10
Misuse of fire by a minor10
Smoking3
Recreation and ceremony3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Other causes1

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
6 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictBOGART
3 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
23 September 2005Natural1.0 acresCalifornia Desert DistrictMORONGO
23 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictLOCAL IMPROVEMENT
2 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Bernardino UnitELM
2 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreJoshua Tree National MonumentBAFF
19 September 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictLITTLE
19 September 2014Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSan Bernardino UnitNORTH RIDGE RD MORONG 19

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Bernardino County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Little Morongo Heights: 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Silver, Copper, Gold, Gold. 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
Eagle ProspectGoldProspect
Pierce Ranch ProspectSilver, Copper, GoldProspect

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
Palm Wells1.6 miles30
Pioneertown4.4 miles15
Morongo Valley4.7 miles30
Yucca Valley4.8 miles15
Rimrock7.3 miles29
Flamingo Heights10.9 miles15
Joshua Tree11.3 miles14
Hidden River12.6 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 Q122569542The 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 1660926. 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.