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Antelope Center, California

20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1930 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the South Antelope Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93591. The Survey maps it on the Littlerock quadrangle. It stands 2,648 feet above sea level.

Antelope Center within Los Angeles County

Then and now

1930 to 1982

The same ground, surveyed 52 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Antelope Center, surveyed 1982
Topographic sheet of Antelope Center, surveyed 1930

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 20 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

240 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 240 fires within 5 miles of Antelope Center between 1995 and 2020, burning about 387 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 38 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/undetermined137
Arson/incendiarism38
Misuse of fire by a minor24
Smoking19
Equipment and vehicle use10
Debris and open burning6
Natural4
Recreation and ceremony1
Fireworks1

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 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
5 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
4 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
4 September 2005Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
29 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
27 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
23 September 2011Arson/incendiarismunder an acreLos Angeles County Fire Departmentnot named
23 September 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreLos Angeles County Fire Departmentnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Los Angeles County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Antelope Center: 11 past producers, 3 producers, 1 occurrence. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General, Dolomite. 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
Boulder ClaimLimestone, General, DolomiteOccurrence
Antelope Valley PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Antelope Valley PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Arrow Rock PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Irwindale PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
John F Ferry Rock ProductsSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
John F. Ferry Rock ProductsSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Littlerock PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Littlerock PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Littlerock PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast 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
Pearland4.0 miles31
Four Points4.1 miles31
Littlerock4.1 miles20
Pearblossom6.0 miles20
Longview7.1 miles35
Alpine7.8 miles30
Palmdale7.8 miles30
Lake Los Angeles7.8 miles20

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 Antelope CenterAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q4771151The 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 269548. 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.