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Bandini, California

46 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the South Gate-East Los Angeles census division. It lies in ZIP code area 90040. The Survey maps it on the Los Angeles quadrangle.

Bandini within Los Angeles County

Then and now

1894 to 1979

The same ground, surveyed 85 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Bandini, surveyed 1979
Topographic sheet of Bandini, surveyed 1894

Compare 1894 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

16 surveys from 46 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

486 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 486 fires within 5 miles of Bandini between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,255 acres in total. None started naturally. 46 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/undetermined326
Arson/incendiarism46
Smoking40
Misuse of fire by a minor33
Equipment and vehicle use28
Debris and open burning10
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Recreation and ceremony1

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 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
8 September 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
8 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
7 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresLos Angeles County Fire Departmentnot named
7 September 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
6 September 2011Smokingunder an acreLos Angeles County Fire Departmentnot named
6 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
6 September 2006Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresCalifornia 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 24 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 24 workings within 5 miles of Bandini: 20 past producers, 2 producers, 2 prospects. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General. 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
L.A. MillTalc-SoapstoneProducer
California Portland Cement CompanyLimestone, General, ClayPast Producer
Southwestern Portland Cement CoLimestone, General, ClayPast Producer
L. A. Decomposed Granite Co.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Mccaslin Materials Co. PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Monterey Park Granite Co.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Reynolds Crushed Gravel Co. PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Alameda St. PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Blue Diamond Corp. - Alameda PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
La Decomposed Granite CoSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspectSedimentary

Every working recorded in Los Angeles County

Storms near this place

1 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bandini in 1 storm report in 2012: 1 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. 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
October 2012Flash FloodBandini-A strong thunderstorm producing heavy rain and flash flooding in the San Gabriel Valley. California Highway Patrol reported 3 to 4 feet of water flooding all lanes of Interstate 710.

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
Commerce0.6 miles46
Winter Gardens0.7 miles46
East Los Angeles1.2 miles46
Eastmont1.4 miles46
Belvedere Gardens1.5 miles46
Maywood1.7 miles46
Walker1.8 miles46
Hobart2.0 miles43

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.

Wikidata item Q17154635The 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 1660305. 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.