BlockRuthven, California
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the East Imperial census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92227. The Survey maps it on the Glamis quadrangle. It stands 377 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1907 to 1989The same ground, surveyed 82 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
10 surveys from 21 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.
- 1907 USGS Holtville quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1942 USGS El Centro quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS El Centro quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS El Centro quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Glamis quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Glamis quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS El Centro quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1961 USGS El Centro quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS El Centro quadrangle1:250000
- 1989 USGS El Centro quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
19 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Ruthven between 1993 and 2020, burning about 62 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 June 1993 | Recreation and ceremony | 60 acres | Joshua Tree National Monument | BRAWLEY |
| 14 February 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | California Desert District | RAIL |
| 13 February 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | California Desert District | SAND |
| 31 December 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | California Desert District | TRASH |
| 30 December 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Desert District | SANDRAIL |
| 8 November 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | California Desert District | SAND |
| 30 November 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | California Desert District | TRASH |
| 30 November 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | California Desert District | TEN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Ruthven: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elms Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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.
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.
| Wikidata item Q7383414 | 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 1661347. 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.