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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.

Poe 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 Poe (historical), surveyed 1982
Topographic sheet of Poe (historical), surveyed 1953

Compare 1953 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

6 since 1997

Regional 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 use3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Natural1

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
14 August 2007Naturalunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictCAMP1
27 July 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictHECTOR
26 July 2014Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictOASIS
11 July 1997Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictHECTOR
20 June 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictOASIS
30 October 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictPRODUCE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Bernardino County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
BrownTalc-SoapstoneOccurrence
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
HectorClay, Zeolites, Boron-Borates, Lithium, Gypsum-AnhydriteProducerColemanite, Hectorite
Hector Tuff DepositBentonite, Copper, ZeolitesPast ProducerHectorite
Unnamed Copper OccurrenceCopperOccurrence
Unnamed DepositIron, Gold, Silver, Tungsten, ThoriumOccurrenceVein
Unnamed Manganese OccurrenceManganeseOccurrence
Unnamed SiteStone, DimensionPast Producer
California Talc Clay PitBentoniteOccurrenceBentonite
Hector Bentonite DepositBentonitePast Producer

Every working 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
Hector3.4 miles14
Pisgah8.9 miles14
Newberry Springs9.3 miles13
Lavic11.8 miles14
Harvard13.2 miles13
Manix13.4 miles15
Kenton Mill13.8 miles14
Minneola14.2 miles14

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.