Red Mountain, California
26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1976. It stands in the Searles Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93558. The Survey maps it on the Red Mountain quadrangle. It stands 3,401 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1903 to 1976The same ground, surveyed 73 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1903 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 26 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.
- 1903 USGS Randsburg quadrangle1:62500
- 1911 USGS Randsburg quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1912 USGS Randsburg quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1915 USGS Searles Lake quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1947 USGS Trona quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Trona quadrangle1:250000
- 1953 USGS Trona quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Trona quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1960 USGS Trona quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Red Mountain quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1976 USGS Cuddeback Lake quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
23 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Red Mountain between 1993 and 2018, burning about 1,474 acres in total. 2 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 | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | California Desert District | DUMP |
| 23 September 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | California Desert District | PACERO |
| 26 August 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | California Desert District | R110 |
| 26 August 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Desert District | CHARCOAL |
| 24 August 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | California Desert District | RAND |
| 4 July 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 550 acres | California Desert District | RED |
| 7 June 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Desert District | LITTLE RED MOUNTAIN |
| 5 June 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Desert District | UNNAMED FIRE 0232 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 306 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 306 workings within 5 miles of Red Mountain: 133 past producers, 106 prospects, 45 producers, 14 occurrences. 48 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Tungsten, Silver, Gold, Silver. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atolia District | Tungsten, Gold, Mercury, Antimony, Silver | Past Producer | 1904, 1905 | |
| Atolia District | Antimony, Tungsten, Mercury, Gold | Producer | VEINS | |
| B. H. P. Mine | Manganese, Silica, Talc-Soapstone | Past Producer | ||
| Baltic Gulch | Tungsten, Gold, Copper | Occurrence | Gold, Scheelite | |
| Banded Rock Deposit | Stone | Occurrence | ||
| Culbert Brothers Claim | Gold, Manganese | Occurrence | Rhodonite, Spessartite | |
| Gold Wash Mine | Tungsten, Silver | Past Producer | Scheelite | |
| Mabel S Claim | Diatomite | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Mizpah-Nevada Mine | Silver, Gold, Copper | Prospect | ||
| Monarch Rand Group | Gold, Silver, Antimony, Tungsten | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atolia | 3.0 miles | 26 | |
| Saint Elmo (historical) | 4.0 miles | 26 | |
| Fremont | 11.7 miles | 23 | |
| Spangler | 15.8 miles | 23 | |
| Copper City | 22.9 miles | 21 | |
| Skytop | 24.5 miles | 23 | |
| Kramer | 25.2 miles | 16 | |
| Kramer Junction | 25.6 miles | 16 |
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 Red Mountain | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7304623 | 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 1661291. 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.










