BlockMount Signal, California
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Calexico census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92231. The Survey maps it on the Mount Signal quadrangle. It lies 13 feet below sea level.
Then and now
1915 to 1989The same ground, surveyed 74 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
12 surveys from 20 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.
- 1915 USGS El Centro quadrangle1:125000
- 1940 USGS Heber quadrangle1:62500
- 1942 USGS El Centro quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Heber quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS El Centro quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS El Centro quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Heber quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Mount Signal quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS El Centro quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS El Centro quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS El Centro quadrangle1:250000
- 1989 USGS El Centro quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
6 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Mount Signal between 1996 and 2020, burning about 157 acres in total. None 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 | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 80 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 17 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 11 August 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.8 acres | California Desert District | 98 |
| 18 July 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 25 June 2010 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 70 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 3 April 1996 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | California Desert District | MT SIGNAL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Mount Signal: 3 occurrences, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Location | Stone | Occurrence | ||
| Coyote Materials Site | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Mount Signal Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Location | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Location | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence |
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.
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Mount Signal | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q10978627 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1661068. 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.