Thomas Place, California
27 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Newberry Springs-Baker census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92364. It lies near Cedar Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Mid Hills quadrangle.
Then and now
1910 to 1985The same ground, surveyed 75 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in Thomas Place
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- Thomas Place Corrallisted 2021 · 0.0 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 27 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.
- 1910 USGS Ivanpah quadrangle1:250000
- 1912 USGS Ivanpah quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1942 USGS Ivanpah quadrangle1:250000
- 1947 USGS Kingman quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1948 USGS Kingman quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Kingman quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Kingman quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Mid Hills quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Kingman quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Kingman quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1983 USGS Mid Hills quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Ivanpah quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
41 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of Thomas Place between 1992 and 2020, burning about 724 acres in total. 31 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 31 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Mojave National Preserve | ROUND VALLEY |
| 7 September 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Mojave National Preserve | BLACK |
| 2 September 2003 | Natural | under an acre | California Desert District | ROUND2 |
| 18 September 1999 | Natural | under an acre | California Desert District | NPSASIST10 |
| 9 August 1995 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Mojave National Preserve | CIMA2 |
| 7 August 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Mojave National Preserve | TABLE |
| 5 August 1993 | Natural | under an acre | California Desert District | HACKBERRY2 |
| 30 August 1997 | Natural | under an acre | California Desert District | MNOPAST#8 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 20 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Thomas Place: 17 prospects, 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Limestone, General, Fluorine-Fluorite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Big Quartz Mine | Molybdenum | Prospect | ||
| Death Valley | Zinc, Lead | Producer | ||
| Death Valley Mine | Lead, Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Holliman and Murphy | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Raxor Back | Gold, Antimony, Copper, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Schiedel | Limestone, General | Prospect | ||
| Silver Lead Spring | Gold, Fluorine-Fluorite | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Zinc | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Gold, Barium-Barite | Prospect | ||
| Cima-Death Valley Mine | Silver | Producer |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1667086. 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.











