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Bassett, California

36 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the East San Gabriel Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 91746. It stands on Walnut Creek. The Survey maps it on the Baldwin Park quadrangle.

Bassett within Los Angeles County

Then and now

1894 to 1982

The same ground, surveyed 88 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Bassett, surveyed 1982
Topographic sheet of Bassett, surveyed 1894

Compare 1894 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

16 surveys from 36 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

473 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 473 fires within 5 miles of Bassett between 2005 and 2020, burning about 383 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 47 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/undetermined292
Arson/incendiarism47
Equipment and vehicle use41
Smoking38
Misuse of fire by a minor30
Debris and open burning23
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Natural1

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 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
7 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.5 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
7 September 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
7 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
6 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
6 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
5 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLos Angeles County Fire Departmentnot named
5 September 2010Smoking3.0 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 37 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 37 workings within 5 miles of Bassett: 27 past producers, 6 producers, 4 prospects. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Silver, Calcium. 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
City of Industry PlantCalciumProducer
Sunburst PitStone, DimensionPast Producer
Century Sand and GravelGold, SilverPast Producer
Rancho AzusaGold, SilverPast Producer
Arrow Sand & Gravel, IncSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Baldwin Park Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Baldwin Park PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Blue Diamond - Peck Rd PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspectSedimentary
Blue Diamond - PiersonSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspectSedimentary
Blue Diamond CorpSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

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
Avocado Heights1.0 miles36
Five Points1.5 miles49
West Puente Valley1.5 miles36
Maxson1.9 miles49
Clayton (historical)2.1 miles49
El Monte2.1 miles49
Hayes2.2 miles49
Hillgrove2.4 miles36

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 BassettAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q4868098The 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 1660315. 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.