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One of 98 National Register listings published here for San Bernardino County · listed in 2019 · category: District.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Vulcan Mine Historic District
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2019. 8 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1942.
The listing
- Address. 5.28 mi, E. of Kelbaker Rd., on Vulcan Mine Rd., Kelso, 92332
- When was it listed? July 2019
- Category. district
- Census division. Newberry Springs-Baker
- National Register reference number. 100004180 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Then and now
1942 to 1985The ground this property stands on, surveyed 43 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.
Fires near this property
12 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Vulcan Mine Historic District between 1998 and 2017, burning about 75 acres in total. 9 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 August 2001 | Natural | under an acre | California Desert District | PROVIDENCE |
| 6 August 2005 | Natural | 1.5 acres | Mojave National Preserve | PROVIDENCE |
| 30 August 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Mojave National Preserve | CORNFIELD |
| 30 August 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Mojave National Preserve | VULCAN |
| 12 August 2005 | Natural | under an acre | Mojave National Preserve | PROVIDENC2 |
| 1 August 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Mojave National Preserve | POWER POLE 2 |
| 15 July 2001 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Mojave National Preserve | CAR |
| 1 July 2017 | Smoking | under an acre | Mojave National Preserve | PARKING LOT |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 40 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 40 workings within 5 miles of Vulcan Mine Historic District: 22 occurrences, 10 prospects, 6 past producers, 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Iron, Silver. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bonanza King | Silver, Lead, Copper, Gold | Past Producer | Galena | |
| Iris Fin Prospect | Silver, Copper, Zinc | Unknown | 1980 | |
| L' Chacana Prospect | Gold, Lead, Silver, Zinc | Occurrence | ||
| Lopez No. 3 Prospect | Gold, Silver, Lead, Zinc | Occurrence | ||
| Mitchell | Lead, Silver | Occurrence | Galena | |
| Pennsylvania | Gold, Silver, Copper | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Limestone Occurrence | Limestone, General, Dolomite, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Copper, Lead | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Quartzite Occurrence | Silica, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Occurrence | ||
| Vulcan Mine Dolomite | Magnesite, Dolomite | Occurrence |
Storms near this property
9 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kelso, the town this property stands in, in 9 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 7 flash flood, 1 hail, 1 lightning. 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 2024 | Flash Flood | Kelso | $10,000 | Kelbaker Rd was closed from I-40 to Kelso Depot due to flash flooding and debris flow. The road reopened on 7/25. |
| August 2016 | Lightning | Kelso | $10,000 | Lightning set fire to a power pole at the intersection of Kelbaker Road and Kelso Cima Road. |
| September 2025 | Flash Flood | Kelso | $5,000 | Kelso Road was closed south of Kelso due to damage from water, mud, and debris. |
| July 2015 | Flash Flood | Kelso | $5,000 | Flash flooding damaged Kelbaker Road in Kelso. |
| October 2015 | Flash Flood | Kelso | $2,000 | Kelbaker Road was closed due to rocks and debris. |
| August 2018 | Flash Flood | Kelso | $1,000 | Kelbaker and Kelso Cima Road were impassable due to flooding. |
| September 2014 | Flash Flood | Kelso | $1,000 | Kelso Cima Road was flooded near Kelso Depot. |
| July 2012 | Flash Flood | Kelso | $1,000 | Water flooded the intersection of Kelbaker and Kelso Cima Roads. |
| August 2008 | Hail | Kelso | - | no account filed |
Maps showing this location
8 surveysUnited States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the middle of the area the National Park Service maps for this listing, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.
- 1942 USGS Amboy quadrangle1:250000
- 1943 USGS Amboy quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Needles quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Flynn quadrangle1:62500 - 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Needles quadrangle1:250000 - 7 printings
- 1981 USGS Needles quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Amboy quadrangle1:100000
- 1985 USGS Fountain Peak quadrangle1:24000
Listed places nearby
2 within 8 milesOther National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Kelso Depot, Restaurant and Employees Hotel | 4.2 miles | 2001 |
| Providence Townsite | 5.7 miles | 2016 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100004180 in Record Group 79. |
| San Bernardino County | All 98 listed properties in this county. |
Provenance
- Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
- Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
- How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
- 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.