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.
Then and now
1903 to 1995The 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.


Compare 1903 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 29 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.
- 1903 USGS Tejon quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1933 USGS Quail quadrangle1:24000
- 1938 USGS Quail quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1949 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Liebre Mountain quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1966 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Lancaster quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1995 USGS Liebre Mountain quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
139 since 1993Regional 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/undetermined | 68 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 38 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Smoking | 8 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2015 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Angeles National Forest | LIEBRE |
| 6 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Los Angeles County Fire Department | not named |
| 5 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Angeles National Forest | FRONTAGE |
| 3 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Los Angeles County Fire Department | not named |
| 26 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 26 September 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Angeles National Forest | NATIONAL |
| 22 September 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Angeles National Forest | MESAVIEW |
| 17 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Hawk Group | Gold | Prospect | ||
| Lenard D. Rymer | Stone, Dimension | Unknown | ||
| Lower Butler Prospect | Tin | Prospect | ||
| Mojave Cement Plant | Calcium | Producer | ||
| Watson-Carlson Prospect | Uranium | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caswell | 4.9 miles | 34 | |
| Three Points | 5.9 miles | 30 | |
| Gorman | 8.5 miles | 29 | |
| Holland Summit (historical) | 9.6 miles | 25 | |
| Naylor Place | 9.7 miles | 28 | |
| Chandler (historical) | 10.4 miles | 27 | |
| Martins | 12.4 miles | 28 | |
| Lake Hughes | 14.7 miles | 28 |
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 Sandberg | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7416025 | 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 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.










