Pinto Wye, California
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Chuckwalla Valley census division. The Survey maps it on the Queen Mountain quadrangle.
Then and now
1953 to 1995The same ground, surveyed 42 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
10 surveys from 17 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 Twentynine Palms quadrangle1:62500, 5 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
- 1972 USGS Queen Mountain quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Big Bear Lake quadrangle1:100000
- 1995 USGS Queen Mountain quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
41 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of Pinto Wye between 1993 and 2019, burning about 780 acres in total. 23 started naturally. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 23 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 September 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Joshua Tree National Monument | GEOLOGY TR |
| 1 September 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Joshua Tree National Monument | PINTO |
| 8 August 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Joshua Tree National Monument | BOWE |
| 7 August 1994 | Natural | under an acre | Joshua Tree National Monument | SNAG |
| 25 August 1994 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Joshua Tree National Monument | BLACK POST |
| 24 August 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Joshua Tree National Monument | QUEEN1 |
| 24 August 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Joshua Tree National Monument | QUEEN2 |
| 23 August 2006 | Natural | under an acre | California Desert District | KIRK |
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 43 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 43 workings within 5 miles of Pinto Wye: 27 prospects, 8 past producers, 7 occurrences, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Uranium, REE. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gold Park District | Gold, Copper, Lead, Vanadium, Zinc | Occurrence | VANADATE | |
| Unnamed Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Waters Limestone Deposit Waters | Limestone, General | Occurrence | ||
| Ajax Prospect | REE | Prospect | ||
| Baby Blue Prospect | REE | Prospect | ||
| Live Oak Tank Area | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Peerless Nuclear Minerals Deposits | Uranium | Prospect | ||
| Black Warrior Mine | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Desert Queen Mine | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Mymine Mine | Gold, Silver | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indio Hills | 17.2 miles | 25 | |
| Pushawalla Palms | 19.4 miles | 28 | |
| Macomber Palms | 19.8 miles | 28 | |
| Sky Valley | 19.8 miles | 18 | |
| Biskra Palms | 20.2 miles | 28 | |
| Hidden Palms | 20.4 miles | 28 | |
| Willis Palms | 21.2 miles | 28 | |
| Myoma (historical) | 23.1 miles | 28 |
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 Q122548945 | 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 1661232. 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.









