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Moore, California

27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Newberry Springs-Baker census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92364. The Survey maps it on the Nipton quadrangle.

Moore within San Bernardino County

Then and now

1910 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 75 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Moore, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Moore, surveyed 1910

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 27 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

4 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Moore between 1993 and 2016, burning about 1 acre in total. 2 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
Natural2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
10 September 2012Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreMojave National PreserveTRACK
6 August 1993Naturalunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictIVANPAH
29 August 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictMONKEY
4 July 2006Naturalunder an acreMojave National PreserveAVILA RANCH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Bernardino County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 30 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 30 workings within 5 miles of Moore: 21 prospects, 6 past producers, 2 occurrences, 1 plant. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc. 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
Big ThunderSilver, Copper, Lead, ZincProspect
Eagle ProspectGold, Lead, Silver, ZincProspect
Gold Bar MineGold, Copper, Silver, LeadPast Producer
Gold/Red ProspectLead, Gold, Silver, ZincProspect
Graphite ProspectGraphite, Barium-Barite, ChromiumProspect
Old JoeLead, Zinc, Gold, SilverProspect
Signal No. 1Lead, Silver, Gold, ZincProspect
Summit ProspectGold, Zinc, Copper, Lead, SilverProspect
Unnamed ProspectTalc-SoapstoneProspect
Unnamed ProspectGold, Copper, ZincProspect

Every working recorded in San Bernardino County

Storms near this place

7 since 2021

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Moore in 7 storm reports between 2021 and 2025: 7 thunderstorm wind. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 2025Thunderstorm WindMoore-A thunderstorm wind gust of 59 mph was measured at the mesonet site UP165.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindMoore-no account filed
August 2024Thunderstorm WindMoore-no account filed
September 2023Thunderstorm WindMoore-no account filed
September 2023Thunderstorm WindMoore-no account filed
July 2022Thunderstorm WindMoore-no account filed
August 2021Thunderstorm WindMoore-no account filed

Every storm 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
Vanderbilt4.1 miles27
Ivanpah4.2 miles27
Nipton5.3 miles27
Barnwell6.8 miles26
Brant8.8 miles27
Juan9.5 miles27
Hart (historical)11.0 miles27
Wheaton Springs12.3 miles26

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 252944. 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.