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Andrade Corner, California

29 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the North Antelope Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93532. It lies near Burns Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Lake Hughes quadrangle. It stands 3,412 feet above sea level.

Andrade Corner within Los Angeles County

Then and now

1915 to 1995

The same ground, surveyed 80 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Andrade Corner, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Andrade Corner, surveyed 1915

Compare 1915 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 29 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

215 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 215 fires within 5 miles of Andrade Corner between 1992 and 2020, burning about 35,881 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 34 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/undetermined68
Equipment and vehicle use48
Arson/incendiarism34
Misuse of fire by a minor14
Other causes10
Recreation and ceremony8
Debris and open burning8
Natural8
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Smoking6
Fireworks3
Firearms and explosives use1

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
9 September 2017Power generation/transmission/distribution2.0 acresAngeles National ForestLEONA
9 September 1997Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreAngeles National ForestMATCHES
7 September 2009Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreAngeles National ForestPORTAL
7 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresAngeles National ForestCOPPERMILL
5 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined48 acresAngeles National ForestJOHNSON
5 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAngeles National ForestNARANJO
5 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined283 acresAngeles National ForestMUNZ
4 September 1994Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreAngeles National Forestnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Los Angeles County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Andrade Corner: 4 prospects, 1 occurrence, 1 past producer, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Talc-Soapstone, Mercury, Gold, Graphite. 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
California Graphite Co.GraphitePast Producer
Double EagleGoldProspect
Unnamed Mercury OccurrenceMercuryProspect
Unnamed OccurrenceMercuryOccurrence
Bouquet Canyon TalcTalc-SoapstoneProspect
Commack Talc DepositTalc-SoapstoneUnknown
Dabney TalcTalc-SoapstoneProspect

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
Green Valley2.7 miles28
Lake Hughes4.1 miles28
Leona Valley5.2 miles30
Del Sur5.5 miles31
Lincoln Crest5.7 miles29
Fairmont6.5 miles31
Quartz Hill8.4 miles30
Rancho Vista8.6 miles29

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 Andrade CornerAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q4754674The 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 255263. 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.