BlockSunfair Heights, California
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Twentynine Palms-Yucca Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92252. The Survey maps it on the Sunfair quadrangle.
Then and now
1953 to 1982The same ground, surveyed 29 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 15 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.
- 1953 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Twentynine Palms quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1956 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Sunfair quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Big Bear Lake quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
11 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Sunfair Heights between 1995 and 2020, burning about 1 acre in total. 1 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 | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | California Desert District | ENCHANTED |
| 24 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | California Desert District | CADY |
| 19 September 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | San Bernardino Unit | RORRER |
| 8 July 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Desert District | LAKEVIEW |
| 18 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Desert District | ORION |
| 3 June 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Desert District | POLELINE |
| 22 June 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Desert District | FU/GH/AREA81A |
| 29 May 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Desert District | SUNFAIR |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Sunfair Heights: 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Uranium, Zinc, Lead, Silver. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cucamonga Zinc | Zinc, Lead, Silver | Occurrence | Replacement | |
| Steiner Claims | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Desert Heights | 4.9 miles | 15 | |
| Sunfair | 5.5 miles | 15 | |
| Hidden River | 6.4 miles | 14 | |
| Panorama Heights | 8.0 miles | 17 | |
| Joshua Tree | 8.8 miles | 14 | |
| Harmony Acres | 8.8 miles | 17 | |
| Landers | 9.4 miles | 13 | |
| Smoke Tree | 9.9 miles | 17 |
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 Sunfair Heights | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7639979 | 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 1661526. 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.