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Pisgah, California

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Newberry Springs-Baker census division. The Survey maps it on the Sleeping Beauty quadrangle.

Pisgah within San Bernardino County

Then and now

1953 to 1982

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Pisgah, surveyed 1982
Topographic sheet of Pisgah, surveyed 1953

Compare 1953 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 14 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

2 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Pisgah between 2013 and 2020, burning under an acre 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/undetermined2

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
12 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictI40
19 April 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictPITT

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Bernardino County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 25 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 25 workings within 5 miles of Pisgah: 10 occurrences, 8 past producers, 5 prospects, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Strontium, Boron-Borates, Pumice, Bentonite. 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
Big ReefManganeseProducerPsilomelane, Pyrolusite
Big Reef MineAluminum, Barium-Barite, Calcium, Copper, Iron, Manganese, Phosphorus-Phosphates, SilicaPast Producer1938, 1944
Fort Cady DepositBoron-Borates, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Strontium, Halite, SodiumProspect1964
Newberry Hectorite MineClayPast Producer
PrestonLead, Barium-BariteProspect
Unnamed Jasper OccurrenceGemstoneOccurrence
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Fort Cady Process PlantBoron-Borates, Gypsum-AnhydriteProspect
Fort Cady Solution MineBoron-Borates, Gypsum-AnhydriteProspect

Every working recorded in San Bernardino County

Storms near this place

1 since 2014

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pisgah in 1 storm report in 2014: 1 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 2014Flash FloodPisgah$1,000Interstate 40 was flooded.

Every storm 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
Lavic3.1 miles14
Hector6.0 miles14
Argos6.0 miles14
Kenton Mill8.3 miles14
Poe (historical)8.9 miles14
Ludlow10.7 miles13
Broadwell11.7 miles13
Ragtown12.6 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 252958. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.