BlockRagtown, California
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1977. It stands in the Newberry Springs-Baker census division. It lies near Swede Hill. The Survey maps it on the Ludlow quadrangle.
Then and now
1953 to 1977The same ground, surveyed 24 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
9 surveys from 13 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 Ludlow quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Ludlow quadrangle1:24000, 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
Fires near this place
2 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Ragtown between 2004 and 2011, 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/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 July 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Mojave National Preserve | BDC ASST12 |
| 31 May 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Desert District | STOMP |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 46 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 46 workings within 5 miles of Ragtown: 17 prospects, 17 past producers, 7 occurrences, 2 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Silver, Barium-Barite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bagdad - Chase | Gold, Copper, Silver, Lead | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Bagdad - Chase Mine | Bismuth, Gold, Copper | Producer | ||
| Bagdad-Chase Mine | Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | 1880 | |
| Dictator | Gemstone | Prospect | ||
| Gold Standard | Gold, Silver, Copper, Manganese | Past Producer | Copper | |
| Old Pete | Gold, Silver, Copper, Lead | Past Producer | 1932 | |
| Unknown Prospect | Copper, Zinc | Prospect | ||
| Unknown Prospect | Copper, Lead | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Bentonite Prospect Group | Bentonite | Occurrence | Bentonite | |
| Unnamed Location | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown |
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.
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 Ragtown | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7283252 | 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 252961. 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.