Poe, 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. It lies in ZIP code area 92365. The Survey maps it on the Troy Lake quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
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 14 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 Troy Lake quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
6 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Poe (historical) between 1997 and 2020, burning about 1 acre in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 August 2007 | Natural | under an acre | California Desert District | CAMP1 |
| 27 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Desert District | HECTOR |
| 26 July 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | California Desert District | OASIS |
| 11 July 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | California Desert District | HECTOR |
| 20 June 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | California Desert District | OASIS |
| 30 October 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Desert District | PRODUCE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 14 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Poe (historical): 7 occurrences, 5 past producers, 1 producer, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Bentonite, Iron, Gold, Silver, Tungsten, Thorium, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brown | Talc-Soapstone | Occurrence | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Hector | Clay, Zeolites, Boron-Borates, Lithium, Gypsum-Anhydrite | Producer | Colemanite, Hectorite | |
| Hector Tuff Deposit | Bentonite, Copper, Zeolites | Past Producer | Hectorite | |
| Unnamed Copper Occurrence | Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Deposit | Iron, Gold, Silver, Tungsten, Thorium | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Unnamed Manganese Occurrence | Manganese | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Site | Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| California Talc Clay Pit | Bentonite | Occurrence | Bentonite | |
| Hector Bentonite Deposit | Bentonite | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hector | 3.4 miles | 14 | |
| Pisgah | 8.9 miles | 14 | |
| Newberry Springs | 9.3 miles | 13 | |
| Lavic | 11.8 miles | 14 | |
| Harvard | 13.2 miles | 13 | |
| Manix | 13.4 miles | 15 | |
| Kenton Mill | 13.8 miles | 14 | |
| Minneola | 14.2 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1666745. 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.








