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Siberia, California

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Newberry Springs-Baker census division. The Survey maps it on the Siberia quadrangle. It stands 1,283 feet above sea level.

Siberia within San Bernardino County

Then and now

1942 to 1985

The same ground, surveyed 43 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Siberia, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Siberia, surveyed 1942

Compare 1942 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 17 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.

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Siberia: 3 prospects, 2 occurrences, 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Pumice, Gold, Clay. 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
Unnamed Clay ProspectClayProspect
Billie BoyGoldPast ProducerGold
Billie Boy ClaimGoldProspect
Dish Hill Volcanic CindersPumicePast Producer
Elsie ProspectGoldProspect
Unnamed Cinder ConePumiceOccurrence
Unnamed Volcanic Cinder OccurrencePumiceOccurrence

Every working 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
Klondike3.0 miles12
Bagdad6.6 miles19
Ash Hill6.6 miles12
Ragtown9.2 miles13
Stedman9.7 miles13
Ludlow11.3 miles13
Amboy13.6 miles16
Argos15.6 miles14

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 SiberiaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7506983The 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 1661437. 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.

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.