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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.

Yermo within San Bernardino County

Then and now

1953 to 1977

The 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 sheet of Yermo, surveyed 1977
Topographic sheet of Yermo, surveyed 1953

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 15 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

15 since 1992

Regional 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/undetermined8
Equipment and vehicle use4
Natural1
Arson/incendiarism1
Smoking1

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
9 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictCALICO 1
8 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSan Bernardino UnitTREAD
26 September 1992Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictMINNEOLA
24 July 1994Smoking1.0 acresSan Bernardino UnitTAMY
19 July 2005Natural300 acresCalifornia Desert DistrictSEGS
13 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictSILVER
30 June 1997Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictCALICO
26 June 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSan Bernardino UnitI 15 S/ GHOST TOWN RD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Bernardino County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 56 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Brown-Gold-Lilac Quarry GroupStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
BurchamLead, Silver, Gold, Zinc, CopperPast ProducerVein
Burcham MineLead, Silver, GoldPast Producer
Calico-OdessaSilver, Lead, Gold, CopperPast ProducerCerargyrite, Embolite
CarbonateSilver, Gold, LeadProspect
GarfieldSilver, Copper, LeadPast Producer
LeviathonSilver, Barium-BariteProspect
Oro Treasure and New YearGold, SilverOccurrence
Pacific MineBoron-Borates, Strontium, Gypsum-AnhydritePast Producer1882, 1884
Unnamed ProspectSemiprecious GemstoneProspect

Every working recorded in San Bernardino County

Storms near this place

7 since 2001

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 2001Thunderstorm WindYermo$200,000A 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 2002Thunderstorm WindYermo$20,000Strong 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 2025Flash FloodYermo$10,000The intersection of Sycamore Road and 1st Street was washed away.
July 2022Flash FloodYermo$10,000Minneola Rd and Yermo Rd west of Minneola were flooded. A railroad crossing signal was undermined by rushing water.
August 2014Flash FloodYermo$5,000A spotter measured 1.72 inches of rain, and reported that all road within about three square miles were closed due to flooding.
January 2017Flash FloodYermo$1,000A car was stuck in rushing water on Minneola Road.
July 2006Flash FloodYermo-More than a foot of water over Ghost Town Road.

Every storm 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
Gale3.6 miles14
Calico3.8 miles15
Toomey4.1 miles13
Daggett4.6 miles14
Minneola4.7 miles14
Bismarck (historical)4.7 miles15
Nebo7.5 miles16
Eniwetok Housing Area7.9 miles14

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 YermoAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q8052622The 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.