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OX Ranch Headquarters

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2021. 12 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1910.

From the record

One of 98 National Register listings published here for San Bernardino County · listed in 2021 · category: District.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

The listing

  • Address. Lanfair Rd., Goffs, 92332
  • When was it listed? April 2021
  • Category. district
  • 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. 100004580 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.

Fires near this property

17 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of OX Ranch Headquarters between 1993 and 2020, burning about 1,823 acres in total. 14 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
Natural14
Debris and open burning1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

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
19 September 1993Debris and open burning1.0 acresSan Bernardino UnitB & M
1 September 2007Naturalunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictLANFAIR
5 August 1993Naturalunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictLANFAIR 5
5 August 1993Natural15 acresCalifornia Desert DistrictLANFAIR 4
22 August 2006Naturalunder an acreMojave National PreserveHACKBERY#3
18 August 2017Naturalunder an acreMojave National PreserveTORCH
31 July 1995Natural2.0 acresMojave National PreserveGROTTO
20 July 2013Naturalunder an acreMojave National PreserveWINDMILL

Every fire recorded in San Bernardino County

Mines and quarries near this property

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of OX Ranch Headquarters: 1 producer, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gemstone, Antimony, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Bar 'N' GrillGemstoneProducer
Desert AntonomiaAntimonyOccurrence
New York Mountains Claim GroupSilverProspect

Every working recorded in San Bernardino County

Storms near this property

6 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Goffs, the town this property stands in, in 6 storm reports between 2006 and 2025: 6 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 2025Flash FloodGoffs$10,000Goffs Road was closed from Highway 95 to Interstate 40 due to flooding which damaged the road.
July 2018Flash FloodGoffs$2,000Flash flooding closed Goffs Road.
October 2015Flash FloodGoffs$2,000Goffs Road was closed due to two feet of water flowing over the road.
June 2025Flash FloodGoffs$1,000Goffs Road was flooded and closed.
August 2023Flash FloodGoffs$1,000Flash flooding closed Goffs Rd from I-40 to Highway 95.
October 2006Flash FloodGoffs-Several roads in eastern San Bernardino County, including U.S. Hwy. 95, Needles Hwy, and Goffs Rd. were closed due to flooding.

Every storm recorded in San Bernardino County

Maps showing this location

12 surveys

United 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.

Listed places nearby

5 within 8 miles

Other 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 PropertyDistance Listed
Pipeline Corral3.8 miles2021
Lanfair Corral6.1 miles2021
Payne Corral6.2 miles2021
Barnwell Corral and Wells6.3 miles2021
Barnwell RSLCC Headquarters6.5 miles2021

Sources for this property

National Archives recordThe nomination case file for reference 100004580 in Record Group 79.
San Bernardino CountyAll 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.