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Rimrock, California

29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Twentynine Palms-Yucca Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92268. It lies near Burns Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Rimrock quadrangle.

Rimrock within San Bernardino County

Then and now

1901 to 1982

The same ground, surveyed 81 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Rimrock, surveyed 1982
Topographic sheet of Rimrock, surveyed 1901

Compare 1901 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 29 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

36 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of Rimrock between 1992 and 2020, burning about 64,076 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 5 were 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/undetermined13
Natural10
Arson/incendiarism5
Debris and open burning3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Recreation and ceremony1
Smoking1

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
2 September 1998Naturalunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictVINE
12 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Bernardino UnitLAWN
9 August 1997Naturalunder an acreSan Bernardino UnitHIKE
9 August 1997Naturalunder an acreSan Bernardino UnitFLY
25 August 1999Naturalunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictCHIA
21 August 2003Naturalunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictPIPES
20 August 1995Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresSan Bernardino UnitPIPES
9 July 2006Natural61,700 acresCalifornia Desert DistrictSAWTOOTH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Bernardino County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Rimrock: 15 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Silver, Gold, Uranium, Copper. 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
BlackrockSilver, CopperProspect
Eagle ProspectGoldProspect
Unnamed ProspectUraniumProspect
Unnamed ProspectSilver, GoldProspect
Unnamed ProspectUraniumProspect
Unnamed ProspectUraniumProspect
Unnamed ProspectUraniumProspect
Unnamed ProspectSilver, GoldProspect
Unnamed ProspectSilver, GoldProspect
Unnamed ProspectSilver, GoldProspect

Every working recorded in San Bernardino County

Storms near this place

1 since 2017

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rimrock in 1 storm report in 2017: 1 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2017FloodRimrock$500Video via social media of 4-6 inches of water flowing over the road near the intersection of Pipes Canyon Rd. and Gamma Gulch Rd.

Every storm 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
Pioneertown4.2 miles15
Flamingo Heights6.8 miles15
Little Morongo Heights7.3 miles30
Palm Wells8.3 miles30
Yucca Valley8.7 miles15
Landers9.8 miles13
Morongo Valley10.5 miles30
Heart Bar Campground12.6 miles34

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1661312. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.