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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.

Red Mountain within San Bernardino County

Then and now

1903 to 1976

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Red Mountain, surveyed 1976
Topographic sheet of Red Mountain, surveyed 1903

Compare 1903 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 26 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

23 since 1993

Regional 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/undetermined11
Equipment and vehicle use6
Natural2
Firearms and explosives use2
Debris and open burning1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
6 September 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictDUMP
23 September 1993Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictPACERO
26 August 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictR110
26 August 1998Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictCHARCOAL
24 August 2013Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictRAND
4 July 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined550 acresCalifornia Desert DistrictRED
7 June 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictLITTLE RED MOUNTAIN
5 June 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictUNNAMED FIRE 0232

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Bernardino County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 306 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Atolia DistrictTungsten, Gold, Mercury, Antimony, SilverPast Producer1904, 1905
Atolia DistrictAntimony, Tungsten, Mercury, GoldProducerVEINS
B. H. P. MineManganese, Silica, Talc-SoapstonePast Producer
Baltic GulchTungsten, Gold, CopperOccurrenceGold, Scheelite
Banded Rock DepositStoneOccurrence
Culbert Brothers ClaimGold, ManganeseOccurrenceRhodonite, Spessartite
Gold Wash MineTungsten, SilverPast ProducerScheelite
Mabel S ClaimDiatomiteProducerSedimentary
Mizpah-Nevada MineSilver, Gold, CopperProspect
Monarch Rand GroupGold, Silver, Antimony, TungstenPast 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
Atolia3.0 miles26
Saint Elmo (historical)4.0 miles26
Fremont11.7 miles23
Spangler15.8 miles23
Copper City22.9 miles21
Skytop24.5 miles23
Kramer25.2 miles16
Kramer Junction25.6 miles16

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 MountainAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7304623The 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.