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Yucca Inn, California

34 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Victorville-Hesperia census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92372. It lies near Horse Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Phelan quadrangle. It stands 4,445 feet above sea level.

Yucca Inn within San Bernardino County

Then and now

1901 to 1996

The same ground, surveyed 95 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Yucca Inn, surveyed 1996
Topographic sheet of Yucca Inn, surveyed 1901

Compare 1901 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 34 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

600 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 600 fires within 5 miles of Yucca Inn between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,218 acres in total. 41 started naturally. 44 were 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/undetermined213
Equipment and vehicle use114
Debris and open burning63
Misuse of fire by a minor58
Arson/incendiarism44
Natural41
Smoking32
Recreation and ceremony18
Power generation/transmission/distribution10
Other causes4
Fireworks2
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSan Bernardino National ForestHESS
8 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire ProtectionVALLE VISTA RD PHELAN
8 September 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreSan Bernardino UnitHWY 138 / SHEEP CREEK RD
8 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Bernardino UnitHIGHWAY
6 September 2005Smoking1.0 acresSan Bernardino UnitSMOKETREE
6 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAngeles National ForestPIPELINE
4 September 2015Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreSan Bernardino UnitJOSHUA LN / PHELAN RD
4 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSan Bernardino Unitnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Bernardino County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Yucca Inn: 5 past producers, 3 occurrences, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Limestone, Dimension, Tungsten, Granite. 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
Robinette Rock QuarriesTungstenOccurrence
Sheep Creek DepositsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Sheep Creek Quarry No. 1Limestone, DimensionPast Producer
Vincent Rock QuarryGraniteOccurrence
Big PineLimestone, GeneralProspect
Big PineLimestone, GeneralOccurrence
Sheep Creek Pit and MillLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerSedimentary
WrightwoodLimestone, GeneralPast Producer
Wrightwood QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast 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
Deer Haven0.5 miles34
Phelan1.5 miles34
Mountain Top Junction1.5 miles34
Wildhorse Canyon1.8 miles38
Piñon Hills3.4 miles37
Wrightwood4.1 miles39
Pinon Hills Estates4.8 miles37
Golden Valley Acres7.8 miles32

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 Q29043788The 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 1661718. 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.