Ludlow, California
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1977. It stands in the Newberry Springs-Baker census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92338. It lies near Sand Hill. The Survey maps it on the Ludlow quadrangle. 10 people lived here at the 2000 count. It stands 1,778 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1953 to 1977The 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 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 Ludlow quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Ludlow quadrangle1:24000, 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
- 1977 USGS Newberry Springs quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
7 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 7 fires within 5 miles of Ludlow between 1993 and 2020, burning about 1 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/undetermined | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 July 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | California Desert District | BDC ASSIST 8058 |
| 15 July 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Mojave National Preserve | BDC ASST12 |
| 13 July 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | California Desert District | CRUCERO |
| 27 June 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | California Desert District | LUDLOW |
| 20 June 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Mojave National Preserve | SANTA FE |
| 12 June 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Desert District | LUDLOW |
| 31 May 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Desert District | STOMP |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 26 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 26 workings within 5 miles of Ludlow: 11 prospects, 8 past producers, 3 occurrences, 3 unknowns. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Silver, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dictator | Gemstone | Prospect | ||
| Gold Standard | Gold, Silver, Copper, Manganese | Past Producer | Copper | |
| Lee Yim Deposit | Phosphorus-Phosphates, Aluminum, Barium-Barite, Calcium, Iron, Manganese, Silica | Past Producer | 1917, 1918 | |
| Mineral Monarch | Copper, Gold, Silver | Occurrence | ||
| Old Pete | Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead | Past Producer | 1932 | |
| Unknown Prospect | Copper, Zinc | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Clay Prospect | Clay | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Location | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Gold, Copper, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Gold, Copper, Silver | Prospect |
Storms near this place
4 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ludlow in 4 storm reports between 2014 and 2022: 3 flash flood, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2022 | Flash Flood | Ludlow | $10,000 | Flash flooding stranded a train and closed numerous roads. |
| October 2015 | Flash Flood | Ludlow | $2,000 | National Trails Highway was washed out and there was a lot of mud over the road. |
| August 2014 | Flash Flood | Ludlow | $2,000 | Rocks and debris flowed over National Trails Highway at Ludlow Road. |
| April 2019 | Hail | Ludlow | - | Nickel size (0.88) hail fell on Interstate 40 near Ludlow. |
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.
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 Ludlow | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q773080 | 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 245290. 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.








