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One of 98 National Register listings published here for San Bernardino County · listed in 2021 · category: Structure.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Marl Springs Corral
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2021. 12 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1910.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 2 structuress as contributing to the listing.
- Still standing. The Park Service records this property as extant.
- Address. Near Old Government Rd., Kelso
- When was it listed? April 2021
- Category. structure
- Also known as. Historic Ranching Resources within Mojave National Preserve MPS; Historic Ranching Resources within Mojave National Preserve MPS
- Census division. Newberry Springs-Baker
- National Register reference number. 100004576 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
4 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 4 fires within 5 miles of Marl Springs Corral between 1997 and 2016, burning under an acre in total. 3 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 | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 August 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Mojave National Preserve | KESSLER |
| 2 August 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Mojave National Preserve | POWER POLE 3 |
| 12 August 2014 | Natural | under an acre | Mojave National Preserve | RAYNE |
| 5 April 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Mojave National Preserve | TRAX |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 21 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Marl Springs Corral: 19 prospects, 1 occurrence, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Tungsten, Gold, Lead, Silver, Copper. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| B. O. | Copper, Gold, Lead, Tungsten, Zinc | Prospect | ||
| Jackpot | Gold, Lead, Silver, Copper | Past Producer | Underground | |
| Jackpot | Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Lucky Lady | Gold, Copper, Lead, Zinc | Prospect | ||
| Marl | Gold, Lead | Prospect | ||
| Rainbow | Gold, Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc | Prospect | ||
| Rainbow Wells Prospect | Gold, Silver, Zinc | Prospect | ||
| Russ | Gold, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Bright Outlook | Tungsten | Occurrence | Scheelite | |
| Owl No. 1 | Tungsten | Prospect |
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
12 surveysUnited States Geological Survey topographic sheets whose coverage includes this point. Matched by taking the coordinate the National Park Service records for this property, then testing that coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet.
- 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 Kelso quadrangle1:62500 - 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Kingman quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Kingman quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Kingman quadrangle1:250000 - 3 printings
- 1983 USGS Marl Mountains quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Ivanpah quadrangle1:100000 - 2 printings
Listed places nearby
3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mojave Road | 5.1 miles | 2021 | |
| 8 Mile Corral | 6.6 miles | 2021 | |
| Natural Corral | 7.8 miles | 2021 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100004576 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.