Wheaton Springs, California
26 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. The Survey maps it on the Mineral Hill 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.


Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 26 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
- 1956 USGS Ivanpah quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Kingman quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Kingman quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1983 USGS Mineral Hill quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Ivanpah quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
88 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 88 fires within 5 miles of Wheaton Springs between 1992 and 2020, burning about 456 acres in total. 15 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 49 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 |
| Natural | 15 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Mojave National Preserve | OLSEN |
| 16 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Desert District | TRAILER |
| 13 September 2003 | Natural | under an acre | California Desert District | ICE |
| 13 September 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | California Desert District | NIPTON 2 |
| 11 September 2011 | Natural | under an acre | California Desert District | SIDE |
| 11 September 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Mojave National Preserve | BLMASST#24 |
| 11 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | San Bernardino Unit | MOLLY |
| 7 August 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.2 acres | California Desert District | BAILEY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 124 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 124 workings within 5 miles of Wheaton Springs: 85 prospects, 23 past producers, 9 producers, 7 occurrences. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Barium-Barite, REE, Copper, Gold. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Buzzard Lode | Lead, Copper, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Blue Moon | Lead, Copper, Silver, Gold | Producer | ||
| Blue Moon | Silver, Copper, Gold, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Bullion Mine | Lead, Copper, Gold, Silver, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Carbonate King Zinc Mine | Zinc, Lead, Silver, Gold, Iron | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Carbonate King Zinc Mine | Zinc, Gold, Lead, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Dobbs Group | Lead, Zinc, Copper | Prospect | ||
| G. A. Fayle | Lead, Copper, Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Iron Horse | Lead, Silver, Copper, Gold, Zinc | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Iron Horse Mine | Lead, Copper, Silver, Zinc | Past 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mountain Pass | 3.7 miles | 26 | |
| Calada | 9.8 miles | 27 | |
| Nipton | 10.8 miles | 27 | |
| Valley Wells Station | 12.1 miles | 27 | |
| Ivanpah | 12.1 miles | 27 | |
| Moore | 12.3 miles | 27 | |
| Brant | 13.0 miles | 27 | |
| Joshua | 13.3 miles | 27 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122568461 | 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 251437. 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.











