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Sandberg, California

29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the North Antelope Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93532. It lies near Bald Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Liebre Mountain quadrangle.

Sandberg within Los Angeles County

Then and now

1903 to 1995

The same ground, surveyed 92 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Sandberg, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Sandberg, surveyed 1903

Compare 1903 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 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

139 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 139 fires within 5 miles of Sandberg between 1993 and 2020, burning about 25,790 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 11 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/undetermined68
Equipment and vehicle use38
Arson/incendiarism11
Smoking8
Natural6
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Debris and open burning3
Recreation and ceremony1
Other causes1

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
9 September 2015Natural1.0 acresAngeles National ForestLIEBRE
6 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLos Angeles County Fire Departmentnot named
5 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAngeles National ForestFRONTAGE
3 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLos Angeles County Fire Departmentnot named
26 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
26 September 1993Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAngeles National ForestNATIONAL
22 September 2012Arson/incendiarism20 acresAngeles National ForestMESAVIEW
17 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Los Angeles County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Sandberg: 2 prospects, 1 unknown, 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Dimension, Uranium, Calcium, Tin. 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
Black Hawk GroupGoldProspect
Lenard D. RymerStone, DimensionUnknown
Lower Butler ProspectTinProspect
Mojave Cement PlantCalciumProducer
Watson-Carlson ProspectUraniumOccurrence

Every working recorded in Los Angeles 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
Caswell4.9 miles34
Three Points5.9 miles30
Gorman8.5 miles29
Holland Summit (historical)9.6 miles25
Naylor Place9.7 miles28
Chandler (historical)10.4 miles27
Martins12.4 miles28
Lake Hughes14.7 miles28

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 SandbergAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7416025The 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 273532. 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.