Lone Wolf Colony, California
35 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Victorville-Hesperia census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92308. The Survey maps it on the Apple Valley South quadrangle.
Then and now
1901 to 1982The same ground, surveyed 81 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1901 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 35 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.
- 1901 USGS Southern California Sheet No. 1 quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1902 USGS Deep Creek quadrangle1:62500, 7 printings
- 1904 USGS Southern California Sheet No. 1 quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Lake Arrowhead quadrangle1:62500, 5 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
- 1971 USGS Apple Valley South quadrangle1:24000, 7 printings
- 1982 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
225 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 225 fires within 5 miles of Lone Wolf Colony between 1992 and 2019, burning about 721 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 20 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 | 120 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 27 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 20 |
| Debris and open burning | 16 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 14 |
| Natural | 13 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | San Bernardino Unit | SAGEBRUSH |
| 9 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | San Bernardino Unit | ASSIST |
| 8 September 2015 | Natural | 2.6 acres | California Desert District | MILPAS |
| 8 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | San Bernardino Unit | VIENTO |
| 7 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 6 September 2014 | Other causes | under an acre | San Bernardino Unit | RANCH 4 |
| 5 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 30 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | San Bernardino Unit | ROUND UP WY / KIOWA RD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Lone Wolf Colony: 2 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Montmorillonite, Clay, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eleanor | Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Lytle Creek | Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Robertson Clay Mine | Montmorillonite, Clay | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cotners Corner | 0.8 miles | 35 | |
| Ranchos del Oro | 1.5 miles | 35 | |
| Apple Valley | 2.6 miles | 21 | |
| Mariana Ranchos | 3.9 miles | 35 | |
| Sunset Hills | 3.9 miles | 35 | |
| Thunderbird Ranches | 4.1 miles | 18 | |
| Fizzben Heights | 4.9 miles | 30 | |
| Spring Valley Lake | 6.2 miles | 29 |
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 Q122544699 | 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 1660941. 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.











