BlockNewberry Springs, California
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Newberry Springs-Baker census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92365. It lies near Newberry Cairn. The Survey maps it on the Newberry Springs quadrangle. It stands 1,860 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1953 to 1982The same ground, surveyed 29 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Compare 1953 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 13 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
- 1955 USGS Newberry quadrangle1:62500, 3 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
- 1977 USGS Newberry Springs quadrangle1:100000
- 1982 USGS Newberry Springs quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
19 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Newberry Springs between 1992 and 2020, burning about 324 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 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 | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | California Desert District | INTERSTATE |
| 4 August 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 22 August 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | California Desert District | NATIONAL T |
| 8 June 2005 | Fireworks | 100 acres | California Desert District | NEWBERRY |
| 4 June 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | California Desert District | NEWBERRY |
| 30 June 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 30 acres | California Desert District | FORTY |
| 3 June 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 29 June 1994 | Natural | under an acre | San Bernardino Unit | MOJAVE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 16 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Newberry Springs: 6 past producers, 4 occurrences, 2 unknowns, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Manganese, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silver, Copper. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Mina Lazula | Silver, Copper | Unknown | ||
| N.L. Industries Newberry Mill | Clay | Producer | ||
| Newberry Site | Granite | Occurrence | ||
| Railroad Ballast Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Wine Quarry | Pumice | Past Producer | ||
| Wine Red Quarry | Volcanic Materials | Past Producer | ||
| Newberry Borrow Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Newberry Quarry | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Quarries | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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.
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 Newberry Springs | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3339094 | 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 1661101. 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.