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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.

Midway within San Bernardino County

Then and now

1933 to 1996

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Midway, surveyed 1996
Topographic sheet of Midway, surveyed 1933

Compare 1933 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 23 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

8 since 1992

Regional 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/undetermined2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Smoking2
Debris and open burning1
Natural1

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
9 August 1995Smoking1.0 acresSan Bernardino UnitAFTON 4
7 August 2015Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresCalifornia Desert DistrictAFTON
2 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictFIELD
4 July 1997Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictAFTON
4 May 1992Smokingunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictAFTON
26 May 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictFIELD
5 April 1997Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Bernardino UnitMARLBORO
1 October 2011Natural2,134 acresCalifornia Desert DistrictGREAT

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Bernardino County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Dunn Siding MillBoron-BoratesProducer
Gnp #1FeldsparPast Producer
Green Island QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed ProspectsVolcanic MaterialsProspect
Unnamed Quartz OccurrenceSilicaOccurrence
Unnamed Sericite/Talc MineTalc-Soapstone, MicaPast Producer
Green Mountain QuarryStone, DimensionPast Producer
UnnamedGold, CopperPast Producer
Unnamed ProspectGold, CopperProspect
Unnamed ProspectGold, Stone, DimensionProspect

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
Dunn2.0 miles23
New Dunn2.7 miles23
Afton4.9 miles23
Manix7.4 miles15
Basin9.4 miles24
Baxter (historical)9.7 miles24
Cronese Valley11.5 miles24
Harvard11.7 miles13

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.