Yucca Grove, California
28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Newberry Springs-Baker census division. The Survey maps it on the Solomons Knob quadrangle. It stands 4,131 feet above sea level.
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 28 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 Halloran Spring quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Kingman quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Kingman quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1983 USGS Solomons Knob quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Ivanpah quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
82 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 82 fires within 5 miles of Yucca Grove between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,238 acres in total. 14 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 35 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 |
| Natural | 14 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Desert District | PAPER |
| 26 September 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | California Desert District | HALLORAN 5 |
| 17 September 1994 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | California Desert District | PAMONA |
| 14 September 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Desert District | HALLORAN |
| 13 September 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | California Desert District | HALLORAN 7 |
| 11 September 2011 | Natural | 16 acres | Mojave National Preserve | SPRINGS |
| 10 September 2015 | Natural | under an acre | California Desert District | SINBAD |
| 9 August 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Mojave National Preserve | PEANUT |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 50 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 50 workings within 5 miles of Yucca Grove: 30 prospects, 9 past producers, 8 occurrences, 1 plant. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Copper, Talc-Soapstone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chesterfield & Old Gold Group | Copper, Gold, Silver | Occurrence | ||
| Cion Block | Copper, Lead | Occurrence | ||
| Magnesium Giant | Dolomite, Magnesite | Occurrence | ||
| Squaw T Placers Claims | Iron, Titanium | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Vanadium, Lead, Zinc, Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Silver, Copper, Gold | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Tungsten | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Zinc | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Barium-Barite | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Mine Shafts | Copper, Lead, Zinc | Prospect |
Storms near this place
1 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Yucca Grove in 1 storm report in 2014: 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2014 | Flash Flood | Yucca Grove | $10,000 | Pieces of pavement washed off Interstate 15 at the Halloran Summit Road exit. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Valley Wells Station | 5.3 miles | 27 | |
| Halloran Springs | 5.6 miles | 28 | |
| Mountain Pass | 13.9 miles | 26 | |
| Rainbow Wells | 15.5 miles | 26 | |
| Wheaton Springs | 17.3 miles | 26 | |
| Baker | 17.7 miles | 21 | |
| Talc (historical) | 18.4 miles | 21 | |
| Cima | 19.2 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.
| Wikipedia article on Yucca Grove | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q29043774 | 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 1661717. 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.











