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Azusa, California

44 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the East San Gabriel Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 91702. It lies near Beatty Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Azusa quadrangle. 50,000 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 610 feet above sea level.

Azusa within Los Angeles County

Then and now

1894 to 1995

The same ground, surveyed 101 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Azusa, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Azusa, surveyed 1894

Compare 1894 against another survey:

On record in Azusa

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Population over time

2 figures

Azusa grew from 46,361 to 50,000 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
201046,361
202050,000+3,639 (+8%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

21 surveys from 44 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

467 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 467 fires within 5 miles of Azusa between 1992 and 2020, burning about 21,420 acres in total. None started naturally. 82 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/undetermined216
Arson/incendiarism82
Equipment and vehicle use60
Smoking35
Misuse of fire by a minor28
Recreation and ceremony21
Debris and open burning14
Fireworks6
Power generation/transmission/distribution5

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 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
8 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined17 acresAngeles National ForestGUN
8 September 1998Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresAngeles National ForestGABRIEL
7 September 1994Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresAngeles National ForestDUARTE
6 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
5 September 2009Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
5 September 2009Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
5 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot 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 53 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 53 workings within 5 miles of Azusa: 41 past producers, 5 prospects, 5 producers, 2 occurrences. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Gold, Silver, Lead. 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
FelixFluorine-FluoriteProspect
Fish Canyon QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
KelseyGold, Silver, Lead, CobaltPast ProducerVein
Kelsey, Et Al.Gold, Lead, SilverPast Producer
Largo Sand and GravelGold, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProspectSedimentary
San Gabriel Valley PlacersSand and Gravel, Construction, GoldPast ProducerSedimentary
Sierra VistaTungstenOccurrence
Rancho AzusaGold, SilverPast Producer
VictoriaLead, SilverPast Producer
Daisy, Et Al.Lead, Gold, SilverOccurrence

Every working recorded in Los Angeles County

Storms near this place

8 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Azusa in 8 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 4 flash flood, 2 wildfire, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. The reports record 28 injuries. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 2002WildfireAzusa14 hurt, $15,300,000The Williams Fire burned 38.094 acres of land in the Angeles National Forest. This fire, which was located about 25 miles north of Azusa, destroyed 77 structures, including 62 cabins. No reports on the number of possible injuries have been received.
September 2002WildfireAzusa14 hurt, $12,700,000The Curve Fire burned 20,857 acres of land in the Angeles National Forest. The Curve Fire, which was caused by candles from a ritual sacrifice, destroyed 73 structures and injured at least 14 people.
February 1993Thunderstorm WindAzusa$50,000A local television station reported tornado like winds damaged 11 homes. Most of the damage was to roofs and fallen trees. No funnel cloud was sighted. Several cars sustained damage.
March 2024HailAzusa-A strong thunderstorm generate one inch diameter hail in the city of Azusa.
February 2014Flash FloodAzusa-Flash flooding and debris flows were reported near the Colby burn scar in the San Gabriel Valley near Glendora.
May 2008Flash FloodAzusa-Strong thunderstorms produced heavy rain and flash flooding across east-central Los Angeles county. California Highway Patrol reported significant flooding and road closures along Interstate 10 and Interstate 605.
July 1999Flash FloodAzusa-Heavy thunderstorm rains produced flash flooding along the San Gabriel River, just north of Azusa. One hundred hikers had to be rescued when the river overflowed its banks.
February 2004Flash FloodAzusa-no account filed

Every storm 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
La Fetra1.4 miles42
Kincaid1.5 miles44
Citrus1.5 miles40
Las Lomas2.2 miles44
Glendora2.2 miles39
Irwindale2.4 miles42
Butler3.1 miles44
Covina3.1 miles37

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 AzusaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q794396The 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 1652667. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.