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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.

Thomas Place within San Bernardino County

Then and now

1910 to 1985

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Thomas Place, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Thomas Place, surveyed 1910

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.

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 27 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

41 since 1992

Regional 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
Natural31
Equipment and vehicle use4
Recreation and ceremony2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Smoking1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
8 September 2015Naturalunder an acreMojave National PreserveROUND VALLEY
7 September 1996Naturalunder an acreMojave National PreserveBLACK
2 September 2003Naturalunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictROUND2
18 September 1999Naturalunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictNPSASIST10
9 August 1995Smoking1.0 acresMojave National PreserveCIMA2
7 August 1998Naturalunder an acreMojave National PreserveTABLE
5 August 1993Naturalunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictHACKBERRY2
30 August 1997Naturalunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictMNOPAST#8

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Bernardino County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 20 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Big Quartz MineMolybdenumProspect
Death ValleyZinc, LeadProducer
Death Valley MineLead, Gold, SilverPast Producer
Holliman and MurphyClayProspect
Raxor BackGold, Antimony, Copper, SilverProspect
SchiedelLimestone, GeneralProspect
Silver Lead SpringGold, Fluorine-FluoriteProspect
Unnamed ProspectZincProspect
Unnamed ProspectGold, Barium-BariteProspect
Cima-Death Valley MineSilverProducer

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
Chase2.1 miles27
Elora4.3 miles27
Cima4.7 miles27
Joshua6.6 miles27
Brant9.4 miles27
Rainbow Wells10.1 miles26
Hayden11.9 miles26
Ivanpah14.0 miles27

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.