Pioneer Point, California
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Searles Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93562. It lies near Point of Rocks. The Survey maps it on the Trona East quadrangle. It stands 1,660 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1915 to 1993The same ground, surveyed 78 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 24 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 Searles Lake quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1947 USGS Trona quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Trona quadrangle1:250000
- 1949 USGS Trona quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1950 USGS Trona quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Trona quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Trona quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1960 USGS Trona quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Trona East quadrangle1:24000
- 1993 USGS Ridgecrest quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
18 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Pioneer Point between 1995 and 2020, burning about 309 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 | 12 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 21 August 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | California Desert District | HORSE |
| 20 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | San Bernardino Unit | not named |
| 19 July 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | California Desert District | TECATE |
| 11 July 2001 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 283 acres | California Desert District | OLIVE |
| 9 June 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 1 June 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Desert District | CHRISTMAS |
| 5 May 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Desert District | CORRAL FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 17 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Pioneer Point: 6 past producers, 4 producers, 4 occurrences, 1 unknown. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Salt, Potassium, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Copper Claim Group | Copper, Lead, Silver | Occurrence | ||
| Copper Queen | Copper, Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc | Past Producer | Replacement | |
| Copper Queen | Lead, Copper, Gold, Silver, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Lillie Mine | Manganese | Prospect | 1937 | |
| Searles Lake | Sodium, Sodium Carbonate, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Soda Ash, Boron-Borates, Potassium, Sodium Sulfate, Lithium | Producer | 1863, 1873 | |
| Searles Lake | Bromine, Tungsten, Lithium | Occurrence | Brine | |
| Searles Lake | Tungsten | Occurrence | ||
| Searles Lake | Potassium, Sodium, Salt, Lithium, Tungsten, Boron-Borates | Unknown | Surface | |
| Searles Lake Deposit | Sodium, Salt, Potassium, Potash, Boron-Borates, Tungsten, Lithium | Plant | 1862, 1873 | |
| Slate Range | Silver, Lead | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trona | 1.7 miles | 24 | |
| Searles Valley | 2.5 miles | 24 | |
| Argus | 3.2 miles | 23 | |
| Borosolvay | 4.1 miles | 23 | |
| South Trona | 5.2 miles | 23 | |
| Westend | 5.7 miles | 23 | |
| Skytop | 9.3 miles | 23 | |
| Spangler | 17.0 miles | 23 |
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 Pioneer Point | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7196766 | 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 247570. 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.









