BlockSaltdale, California
26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1976. It stands in the East Kern census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93519. It lies near Last Chance Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Cantil quadrangle. It stands 1,923 feet above sea level. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Then and now
1915 to 1976The same ground, surveyed 61 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 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.
- 1915 USGS Searles Lake quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1943 USGS Saltdale quadrangle1:62500, 4 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 Cantil quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1976 USGS Cuddeback Lake quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
3 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Saltdale (historical) between 1998 and 2010, burning about 1,373 acres 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 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 August 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1,373 acres | California Desert District | GARLOCK 2 |
| 2 July 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Desert District | UNNAMED FIRE 1113 |
| 1 December 2010 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | California Desert District | TRASH |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 61 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 61 workings within 5 miles of Saltdale (historical): 27 past producers, 14 occurrences, 12 prospects, 5 unknowns. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Copper, Gold, Clay, Bentonite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apache Deposit | Manganese | Occurrence | Residual | |
| Black Eagle Group | Perlite | Prospect | ||
| Cotton Ball Borax | Boron-Borates | Past Producer | ||
| Golden Glow | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| J and L Claim | Emery | Past Producer | ||
| Koehn Lake | Boron-Borates, Halite, Gypsum-Anhydrite | Past Producer | 1873, 1929 | |
| Mojave | Copper, Gold, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Orange Blossom | Copper, Gold | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Quartzite | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Unknown | ||
| Rattle Snake Group | Lead, Copper, Silver, Gold | Prospect |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ceneda | 0.6 miles | 26 | |
| Gypsite | 3.0 miles | 26 | |
| Old Garlock | 3.5 miles | 24 | |
| Redrock (historical) | 4.5 miles | 26 | |
| Ricardo | 5.5 miles | 26 | |
| Cantil | 5.5 miles | 26 | |
| Garlock | 6.0 miles | 24 | |
| Rancho Seco | 7.5 miles | 26 |
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 Saltdale (historical) | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7406062 | 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 248768. 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.