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.
Then and now
1900 to 1995The 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.


Compare 1900 against another survey:
Population over time
2 figuresAgua 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 3,342 | |
| 2020 | 3,451 | +109 (+3%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
16 surveys from 39 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1900 USGS Fernando quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1900 USGS San Fernando quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1901 USGS Southern California Sheet No. 1 quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1904 USGS Southern California Sheet No. 1 quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1929 USGS Lang quadrangle1:24000
- 1933 USGS Lang quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1940 USGS San Fernando quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1945 USGS San Fernando quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Agua Dulce quadrangle1:24000, 7 printings
- 1966 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:100000
- 1995 USGS Agua Dulce quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
526 since 1992Regional 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 use | 226 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 177 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 41 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 17 |
| Debris and open burning | 17 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 12 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 12 |
| Smoking | 9 |
| Other causes | 5 |
| Fireworks | 4 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Angeles National Forest | MANURE |
| 8 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Angeles National Forest | FIRECREST |
| 8 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Angeles National Forest | ROWHER |
| 7 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Angeles National Forest | STAGING |
| 7 September 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Angeles National Forest | CELICA |
| 5 September 2011 | Other causes | 345 acres | California Desert District | WAGON |
| 5 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Angeles National Forest | SLURRY |
| 4 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Angeles National Forest | FRONTAGE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 43 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acton | Lead, Gold, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Collecting Site | Semiprecious Gemstone, Quartz | Past Producer | Chalcedony, Opal | |
| Collector's Locality | Semiprecious Gemstone | Occurrence | ||
| Katz Soapstone | Talc-Soapstone | Prospect | ||
| Mitchell Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Granite | Past Producer | 1920 | |
| Mitchell Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Silver King | Silver, Lead, Manganese, Iron | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Mint Canyon | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Past Producer | Gypsum | |
| Mint Canyon Deposit | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Prospect | ||
| Chicago-Pacific | Feldspar, Silica | Prospect |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Oaks | 1.9 miles | 29 | |
| White Heather | 1.9 miles | 29 | |
| Sleepy Valley | 2.3 miles | 29 | |
| Boiling Point | 3.8 miles | 31 | |
| Russ | 4.0 miles | 39 | |
| Alpine (historical) | 4.1 miles | 39 | |
| Soledad Sulphur Springs (historical) | 4.7 miles | 39 | |
| Mission | 4.8 miles | 30 |
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 Dulce | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2827313 | The 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.















