Midway, California
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1933 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Newberry Springs-Baker census division. The Survey maps it on the Dunn quadrangle.
Then and now
1933 to 1996The same ground, surveyed 63 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1933 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 23 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.
- 1933 USGS Avawatz Mountains quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1947 USGS Trona quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Cave Mountain quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1948 USGS Trona quadrangle1:250000
- 1951 USGS Cave Mountain quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Trona quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Trona quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1960 USGS Trona quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Dunn quadrangle1:24000
- 1993 USGS Soda Mountains quadrangle1:100000
- 1996 USGS Dunn quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
8 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Midway between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,137 acres in total. 1 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 | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Natural | 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 August 1995 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | San Bernardino Unit | AFTON 4 |
| 7 August 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | California Desert District | AFTON |
| 2 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Desert District | FIELD |
| 4 July 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | California Desert District | AFTON |
| 4 May 1992 | Smoking | under an acre | California Desert District | AFTON |
| 26 May 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | California Desert District | FIELD |
| 5 April 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | San Bernardino Unit | MARLBORO |
| 1 October 2011 | Natural | 2,134 acres | California Desert District | GREAT |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 11 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Midway: 5 past producers, 4 prospects, 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Stone, Dimension, Silica. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dunn Siding Mill | Boron-Borates | Producer | ||
| Gnp #1 | Feldspar | Past Producer | ||
| Green Island Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Prospects | Volcanic Materials | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Quartz Occurrence | Silica | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Sericite/Talc Mine | Talc-Soapstone, Mica | Past Producer | ||
| Green Mountain Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed | Gold, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Gold, Copper | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Gold, Stone, Dimension | Prospect |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dunn | 2.0 miles | 23 | |
| New Dunn | 2.7 miles | 23 | |
| Afton | 4.9 miles | 23 | |
| Manix | 7.4 miles | 15 | |
| Basin | 9.4 miles | 24 | |
| Baxter (historical) | 9.7 miles | 24 | |
| Cronese Valley | 11.5 miles | 24 | |
| Harvard | 11.7 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 245886. 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.










