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.
Then and now
1901 to 1996The 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.


Compare 1901 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 34 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.
- 1901 USGS Southern California Sheet No. 1 quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1903 USGS San Antonio quadrangle1:62500, 7 printings
- 1904 USGS Southern California Sheet No. 1 quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1942 USGS San Antonio quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Phelan quadrangle1:24000, 6 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
- 1982 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:100000
- 1996 USGS Phelan quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
537 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 184 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 114 |
| Debris and open burning | 49 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 44 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 43 |
| Natural | 38 |
| Smoking | 29 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 17 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 11 |
| Other causes | 5 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | San Bernardino National Forest | HESS |
| 8 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | VALLE VISTA RD PHELAN |
| 8 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | San Bernardino Unit | HWY 138 / SHEEP CREEK RD |
| 8 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | San Bernardino Unit | HIGHWAY |
| 6 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | San Bernardino National Forest | KRUSE |
| 6 September 2005 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | San Bernardino Unit | SMOKETREE |
| 6 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | San Bernardino National Forest | NEBRASKA |
| 6 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Angeles National Forest | PIPELINE |
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 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Good Neighbor #1 Mine | Bentonite, Clay | Producer | ||
| Robinette Rock Quarries | Tungsten | Occurrence | ||
| Sheep Creek Deposits | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Sheep Creek Quarry No. 1 | Limestone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Vincent Rock Quarry | Granite | Occurrence | ||
| Big Pine | Limestone, General | Prospect | ||
| Big Pine | Limestone, General | Occurrence | ||
| Sheep Creek Pit and Mill | Limestone, General | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Wrightwood | Limestone, General | Past Producer | ||
| Wrightwood Quarry | Limestone, General | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yucca Inn | 1.5 miles | 34 | |
| Deer Haven | 1.7 miles | 34 | |
| Wildhorse Canyon | 1.8 miles | 38 | |
| Phelan | 2.5 miles | 34 | |
| Wrightwood | 3.7 miles | 39 | |
| Piñon Hills | 4.8 miles | 37 | |
| Pinon Hills Estates | 6.3 miles | 37 | |
| Alray | 6.5 miles | 32 |
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 Q122562418 | 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 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.












