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Venus, California

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1933 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Newberry Springs-Baker census division. The Survey maps it on the Paradise Range quadrangle.

Venus within San Bernardino County

Then and now

1933 to 1996

The same ground, surveyed 63 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Venus, surveyed 1996
Topographic sheet of Venus, surveyed 1933

Compare 1933 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 23 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

1 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Venus in 1993, burning about 2 acres 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
Natural1

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
29 August 1993Natural2.0 acresCalifornia Desert DistrictCASTLE 2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Bernardino County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 19 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Venus: 10 past producers, 6 prospects, 2 occurrences, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Tungsten, Gold, Copper, Silica. 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
Gold DivideGold, TungstenPast Producer
Silver CloudeStone, DimensionPast Producer
RewardGold, CopperPast Producer
Reward MineGold, CopperPast Producer
Silica No. 1SilicaPast Producer
Unnamed ProspectSilicaPast Producer
Gold Divide MineTungsten, GoldPast Producer
LesterGoldPast ProducerGold
RewardGoldPast Producer
Rio HondoGoldPast ProducerSurface/Underground

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
Echo3.7 miles21
Fort Irwin5.9 miles22
Goldstone7.1 miles22
Apollo7.7 miles21
Mojave Base8.0 miles22
Mars13.2 miles20
Bismarck (historical)19.8 miles15
Calico21.0 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1666906. 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.