Minneola, California
14 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 92327. The Survey maps it on the Minneola quadrangle.
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 14 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
- 1956 USGS Daggett quadrangle1:62500, 4 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 Minneola quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1977 USGS Newberry Springs quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
15 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Minneola between 1992 and 2020, burning about 504 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | San Bernardino Unit | TREAD |
| 26 September 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | California Desert District | MINNEOLA |
| 2 September 1995 | Natural | 3.0 acres | California Desert District | ROCK |
| 1 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | California Desert District | INTERSTATE |
| 22 August 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | California Desert District | NATIONAL T |
| 19 July 2005 | Natural | 300 acres | California Desert District | SEGS |
| 13 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Desert District | SILVER |
| 30 June 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 30 acres | California Desert District | FORTY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Minneola: 4 past producers, 3 occurrences, 1 prospect, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Manganese, Boron-Borates, Granite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newberry Mtns. Borate Prospect | Boron-Borates | Prospect | ||
| Newberry Site | Granite | Occurrence | ||
| Oro Treasure and New Year | Gold, Silver | Occurrence | ||
| Railroad Ballast Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Manganese Occurrence | Manganese | Occurrence | ||
| Daggett Borrow Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Tom Woolsey Roofing Granule Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Minneola in 2 storm reports between 2013 and 2021: 2 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2013 | Flash Flood | Minneola | $50,000 | Water and mud were rushing down the street at Interstate 40 and Nebo Street. Four power poles were knocked down by flash flooding near National Trails Highway and Minneola Road. |
| July 2021 | Flash Flood | Minneola | $1,000 | Half an inch of rain in 15 minutes caused flooding of Dogwood Street between Minneola Road and Spyrock Avenue. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gale | 3.5 miles | 14 | |
| Yermo | 4.7 miles | 15 | |
| Newberry Springs | 4.9 miles | 13 | |
| Toomey | 5.4 miles | 13 | |
| Daggett | 6.0 miles | 14 | |
| Calico | 8.5 miles | 15 | |
| Bismarck (historical) | 9.3 miles | 15 | |
| Harvard | 9.4 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1661034. 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.








