Yermo, California
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1977. It stands in the Barstow census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92398. The Survey maps it on the Yermo quadrangle. 623 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,929 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1953 to 1977The same ground, surveyed 24 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
9 surveys from 15 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.
- 1953 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Yermo quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Daggett quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:250000
- 1977 USGS Newberry Springs quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
15 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Yermo between 1992 and 2020, burning about 320 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Desert District | CALICO 1 |
| 8 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | San Bernardino Unit | TREAD |
| 26 September 1992 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | California Desert District | MINNEOLA |
| 24 July 1994 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | San Bernardino Unit | TAMY |
| 19 July 2005 | Natural | 300 acres | California Desert District | SEGS |
| 13 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Desert District | SILVER |
| 30 June 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | California Desert District | CALICO |
| 26 June 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | San Bernardino Unit | I 15 S/ GHOST TOWN RD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 56 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 56 workings within 5 miles of Yermo: 32 past producers, 17 prospects, 5 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Silver, Boron-Borates, Bentonite, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brown-Gold-Lilac Quarry Group | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Burcham | Lead, Silver, Gold, Zinc, Copper | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Burcham Mine | Lead, Silver, Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Calico-Odessa | Silver, Lead, Gold, Copper | Past Producer | Cerargyrite, Embolite | |
| Carbonate | Silver, Gold, Lead | Prospect | ||
| Garfield | Silver, Copper, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Leviathon | Silver, Barium-Barite | Prospect | ||
| Oro Treasure and New Year | Gold, Silver | Occurrence | ||
| Pacific Mine | Boron-Borates, Strontium, Gypsum-Anhydrite | Past Producer | 1882, 1884 | |
| Unnamed Prospect | Semiprecious Gemstone | Prospect |
Storms near this place
7 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Yermo in 7 storm reports between 2001 and 2025: 5 flash flood, 2 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Yermo | $200,000 | A powerful thunderstorm produced strong winds that blew mobile homes off their foundations and knocked down 22 power poles that left about 3000 people without power. About 12 mobile homes were severely damaged and two cars were crushed by a toppled mobile home. Several roads around town were closed due to debris in the roadway. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Yermo | $20,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds knocked down several trees and powerlines and blew the roof off a garage. A 50-foot antenna was also blown down by the wind. |
| November 2025 | Flash Flood | Yermo | $10,000 | The intersection of Sycamore Road and 1st Street was washed away. |
| July 2022 | Flash Flood | Yermo | $10,000 | Minneola Rd and Yermo Rd west of Minneola were flooded. A railroad crossing signal was undermined by rushing water. |
| August 2014 | Flash Flood | Yermo | $5,000 | A spotter measured 1.72 inches of rain, and reported that all road within about three square miles were closed due to flooding. |
| January 2017 | Flash Flood | Yermo | $1,000 | A car was stuck in rushing water on Minneola Road. |
| July 2006 | Flash Flood | Yermo | - | More than a foot of water over Ghost Town Road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gale | 3.6 miles | 14 | |
| Calico | 3.8 miles | 15 | |
| Toomey | 4.1 miles | 13 | |
| Daggett | 4.6 miles | 14 | |
| Minneola | 4.7 miles | 14 | |
| Bismarck (historical) | 4.7 miles | 15 | |
| Nebo | 7.5 miles | 16 | |
| Eniwetok Housing Area | 7.9 miles | 14 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Yermo | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q8052622 | 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 251862. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.








