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Mountain Top Junction, California

34 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Victorville-Hesperia census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92397. It lies near Wildhorse Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Phelan quadrangle.

Mountain Top Junction within San Bernardino County

Then and now

1901 to 1996

The same ground, surveyed 95 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Mountain Top Junction, surveyed 1996
Topographic sheet of Mountain Top Junction, surveyed 1901

Compare 1901 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 34 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

537 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 537 fires within 5 miles of Mountain Top Junction between 1992 and 2020, burning about 7,952 acres in total. 38 started naturally. 43 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined184
Equipment and vehicle use114
Debris and open burning49
Misuse of fire by a minor44
Arson/incendiarism43
Natural38
Smoking29
Recreation and ceremony17
Power generation/transmission/distribution11
Other causes5
Fireworks2
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
9 September 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Bernardino National ForestHESS
8 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionVALLE VISTA RD PHELAN
8 September 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreSan Bernardino UnitHWY 138 / SHEEP CREEK RD
8 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Bernardino UnitHIGHWAY
6 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Bernardino National ForestKRUSE
6 September 2005Smoking1.0 acresSan Bernardino UnitSMOKETREE
6 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Bernardino National ForestNEBRASKA
6 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAngeles National ForestPIPELINE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Bernardino County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Mountain Top Junction: 5 past producers, 3 occurrences, 1 prospect, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Limestone, Dimension, Tungsten, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Good Neighbor #1 MineBentonite, ClayProducer
Robinette Rock QuarriesTungstenOccurrence
Sheep Creek DepositsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Sheep Creek Quarry No. 1Limestone, DimensionPast Producer
Vincent Rock QuarryGraniteOccurrence
Big PineLimestone, GeneralProspect
Big PineLimestone, GeneralOccurrence
Sheep Creek Pit and MillLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
WrightwoodLimestone, GeneralPast Producer
Wrightwood QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast Producer

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
Yucca Inn1.5 miles34
Deer Haven1.7 miles34
Wildhorse Canyon1.8 miles38
Phelan2.5 miles34
Wrightwood3.7 miles39
Piñon Hills4.8 miles37
Pinon Hills Estates6.3 miles37
Alray6.5 miles32

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.

Wikidata item Q122562418The 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 1661075. 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.