Mile High, California

The same ground, surveyed 94 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

1901 1995

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.

• 1901 USGS Southern California Sheet No. 1 quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
• 1903 USGS Rock Creek quadrangle1:62500, 6 printings
• 1904 USGS Southern California Sheet No. 1 quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
• 1934 USGS Mescal Creek quadrangle1:24000
• 1940 USGS Mescal Creek quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
• 1940 USGS Rock Creek quadrangle1:62500
• 1953 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
• 1956 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:250000
• 1957 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:250000
• 1958 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:250000
• 1958 USGS Valyermo quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
• 1959 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:250000
• 1959 USGS Valyermo quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
• 1966 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:250000
• 1982 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:100000
• 1995 USGS Valyermo quadrangle1:24000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 240 fires within 5 miles of Mile High between 1992 and 2020, burning about 383 acres in total. 81 started naturally. 33 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.

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

• Largo Vista
• Paradise Springs
• Big Rock Springs
• Old Point Comfort
• Valyermo
• Big Pines

Every fire recorded in Los Angeles County

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Mile High: 6 past producers, 2 occurrences, 1 producer, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Copper, Lead. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Every working recorded in Los Angeles County

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1661026. 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.