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Agua Dulce, California

39 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the South Antelope Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 91390. It lies near Vasquez Rocks. The Survey maps it on the Agua Dulce quadrangle. 3,451 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,526 feet above sea level.

Agua Dulce within Los Angeles County

Then and now

1900 to 1995

The same ground, surveyed 95 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Agua Dulce, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Agua Dulce, surveyed 1900

Compare 1900 against another survey:

Population over time

2 figures

Agua Dulce grew from 3,342 to 3,451 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
20103,342
20203,451+109 (+3%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

16 surveys from 39 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

526 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 526 fires within 5 miles of Agua Dulce between 1992 and 2020, burning about 71,226 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 41 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
Equipment and vehicle use226
Missing data/not specified/undetermined177
Arson/incendiarism41
Power generation/transmission/distribution17
Debris and open burning17
Recreation and ceremony12
Misuse of fire by a minor12
Smoking9
Other causes5
Fireworks4
Natural4
Railroad operations and maintenance2

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
8 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreAngeles National ForestMANURE
8 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresAngeles National ForestFIRECREST
8 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAngeles National ForestROWHER
7 September 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAngeles National ForestSTAGING
7 September 2004Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAngeles National ForestCELICA
5 September 2011Other causes345 acresCalifornia Desert DistrictWAGON
5 September 2003Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAngeles National ForestSLURRY
4 September 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAngeles National ForestFRONTAGE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Los Angeles County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 43 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 43 workings within 5 miles of Agua Dulce: 20 past producers, 14 prospects, 5 occurrences, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Feldspar, Titanium, Boron-Borates. 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
ActonLead, Gold, SilverProspect
Collecting SiteSemiprecious Gemstone, QuartzPast ProducerChalcedony, Opal
Collector's LocalitySemiprecious GemstoneOccurrence
Katz SoapstoneTalc-SoapstoneProspect
Mitchell QuarryStone, Crushed/Broken, GranitePast Producer1920
Mitchell QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Silver KingSilver, Lead, Manganese, IronPast ProducerVein
Mint CanyonGypsum-AnhydritePast ProducerGypsum
Mint Canyon DepositGypsum-AnhydriteProspect
Chicago-PacificFeldspar, SilicaProspect

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
The Oaks1.9 miles29
White Heather1.9 miles29
Sleepy Valley2.3 miles29
Boiling Point3.8 miles31
Russ4.0 miles39
Alpine (historical)4.1 miles39
Soledad Sulphur Springs (historical)4.7 miles39
Mission4.8 miles30

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 Agua DulceAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2827313The 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 1660235. 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.