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One of 98 National Register listings published here for San Bernardino County · listed in 2023 · category: District.
Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service
Mescal Mining District
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2023. 12 historic topographic surveys show this location, the earliest from 1910.
The listing
- Address. 9.1 miles southeast of the intersection of Cima Rd. and I 15, Cima
- When was it listed? June 2023
- Category. district
- Census division. Newberry Springs-Baker
- National Register reference number. 100004815 - assigned by the National Park Service when the property was listed.
Fires near this property
11 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Mescal Mining District between 1993 and 2016, burning about 68 acres in total. 3 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 | 6 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 September 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Mojave National Preserve | CORRAL |
| 10 September 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | California Desert District | HOLE |
| 6 August 2001 | Natural | under an acre | Mojave National Preserve | 3 MILE |
| 4 August 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | California Desert District | WHEATON |
| 29 August 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | San Bernardino Unit | BAILEY |
| 26 August 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Mojave National Preserve | HIDDEN |
| 13 August 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | California Desert District | TIRE |
| 5 July 2006 | Natural | 66 acres | Mojave National Preserve | VALLEY VIEW |
Mines and quarries near this property
10 of 97 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 97 workings within 5 miles of Mescal Mining District: 47 prospects, 32 past producers, 15 occurrences, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Copper, Silver, Lead. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allured Copper Mine | Copper, Gold, Silver, Tungsten, Zinc | Past Producer | ||
| Bessie | Lead, Silver, Copper, Zinc, Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Betty Jane | Lead, Silver, Zinc, Copper | Prospect | ||
| Billy Boy Mine | Gold, Copper, Zinc, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Bullion | Lead, Silver, Gold, Copper | Past Producer | Chalcopyrite, Galena | |
| Cima | Limestone, General | Prospect | ||
| D. V. | Lead, Gold, Silver, Copper | Past Producer | ||
| Esperanza Group | REE, Thorium, Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Evening Star Tin Mine | Zinc, Tungsten, Tin, Copper, Gold | Past Producer | 1940, 1941 | |
| Geer Dolomite Quarry | Dolomite, Magnesite | Past Producer |
Storms near this property
8 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cima, the town this property stands in, in 8 storm reports between 2005 and 2020: 8 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 2017 | Flash Flood | Cima | $10,000 | Cima Road was damaged by heavy flooding. |
| July 2015 | Flash Flood | Cima | $5,000 | Morning Star Mine Road was washed out. |
| August 2020 | Flash Flood | Cima | $1,000 | Several inches of water flooded Cima Road. |
| July 2018 | Flash Flood | Cima | $1,000 | Water and debris flowed across Morning Star Mine Road. |
| August 2014 | Flash Flood | Cima | $1,000 | Six to eight inches of water flowed over Morning Star Mine Road between mile markers 1 and 3. |
| August 2010 | Flash Flood | Cima | - | Cima Road was flooded and impassable. |
| July 2005 | Flash Flood | Cima | - | Water over many roads in the Mojave National Preserve, with one fire engine stuck. |
| July 2005 | Flash Flood | Cima | - | Some roads impassable in the Mojave National Preserve. |
Maps showing this location
12 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.
- 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
- 1955 USGS Mescal Range quadrangle1:62500 - 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Kingman quadrangle1:250000 - 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Kingman quadrangle1:250000 - 3 printings
- 1983 USGS Cima Dome quadrangle1:24000 - 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Ivanpah quadrangle1:100000 - 2 printings
Listed places nearby
6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Valley View Ranch Headquarters | 3.6 miles | 2025 | |
| Valley View Ranch Corral | 3.7 miles | 2025 | |
| Cut Spring Corral | 5.6 miles | 2025 | |
| 6 Mile Corral | 6.2 miles | 2021 | |
| Deer Spring Corral | 6.4 miles | 2021 | |
| White Rock Spring Corral | 6.5 miles | 2025 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100004815 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.