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Agoura, California

38 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Agoura Hills-Malibu census division. It lies in ZIP code area 91301. It lies near Palo Comado Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Calabasas quadrangle.

Agoura within Los Angeles County

Then and now

1903 to 1979

The same ground, surveyed 76 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Agoura, surveyed 1979
Topographic sheet of Agoura, surveyed 1903

Compare 1903 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 38 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

210 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 210 fires within 5 miles of Agoura between 1992 and 2020, burning about 19,646 acres in total. None started naturally. 14 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/undetermined105
Equipment and vehicle use44
Smoking15
Arson/incendiarism14
Power generation/transmission/distribution10
Debris and open burning8
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Recreation and ceremony4
Fireworks2
Other causes1

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
7 September 1999Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresSanta Monica Mountains National Recreation AreaMULHOLLAND
6 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
6 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSanta Monica Mountains National Recreation AreaFREEWAY
30 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSanta Monica Mountains National Recreation AreaGILLETTE
30 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
30 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresSanta Monica Mountains National Recreation AreaMALIBU
3 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
28 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSanta Monica Mountains National Recreation AreaCALABASAS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Los Angeles County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Agoura: 3 past producers, 1 occurrence, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Nickel, Copper, Stone, Dimension, Copper, Nickel. 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
Unnamed Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Ventura MineNickel, CopperOccurrence1932
Ventura MineCopper, NickelPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Millerite, Pentlandite, Pyrrhotite
Ventura MineNickel, CopperProspect
Volcanic RockStone, DimensionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Los Angeles 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
Malibu Junction1.0 miles31
Agoura Hills2.0 miles31
Brents Junction2.2 miles40
Cornell2.9 miles32
Westlake Village3.6 miles30
Seminole Hot Springs3.7 miles32
Hidden Hills4.7 miles40
Calabasas Highlands5.0 miles40

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.

Wikipedia article on AgouraAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q9588470The 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 1667896. 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.