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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.

Wheaton Springs 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 Wheaton Springs, surveyed 1985
Topographic sheet of Wheaton Springs, surveyed 1910

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 26 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

88 since 1992

Regional 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 use49
Missing data/not specified/undetermined22
Natural15
Smoking1
Other causes1

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
5 September 2001Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMojave National PreserveOLSEN
16 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictTRAILER
13 September 2003Naturalunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictICE
13 September 1992Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictNIPTON 2
11 September 2011Naturalunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictSIDE
11 September 1993Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreMojave National PreserveBLMASST#24
11 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresSan Bernardino UnitMOLLY
7 August 2015Equipment and vehicle use1.2 acresCalifornia Desert DistrictBAILEY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Bernardino County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 124 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Blue Buzzard LodeLead, Copper, SilverPast Producer
Blue MoonLead, Copper, Silver, GoldProducer
Blue MoonSilver, Copper, Gold, LeadPast Producer
Bullion MineLead, Copper, Gold, Silver, ZincPast Producer
Carbonate King Zinc MineZinc, Lead, Silver, Gold, IronPast ProducerVein
Carbonate King Zinc MineZinc, Gold, Lead, SilverPast Producer
Dobbs GroupLead, Zinc, CopperProspect
G. A. FayleLead, Copper, Gold, SilverPast Producer
Iron HorseLead, Silver, Copper, Gold, ZincPast ProducerVein
Iron Horse MineLead, Copper, Silver, ZincPast Producer

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
Mountain Pass3.7 miles26
Calada9.8 miles27
Nipton10.8 miles27
Valley Wells Station12.1 miles27
Ivanpah12.1 miles27
Moore12.3 miles27
Brant13.0 miles27
Joshua13.3 miles27

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 Q122568461The 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.