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Beverly Glen, California

50 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Los Angeles census division. It lies in ZIP code area 90077. The Survey maps it on the Beverly Hills quadrangle.

Beverly Glen 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 Beverly Glen, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Beverly Glen, surveyed 1894

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On record in Beverly Glen

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 within a mile 3 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

20 surveys from 50 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

46 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 46 fires within 5 miles of Beverly Glen between 1995 and 2020, burning about 1,620 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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/undetermined22
Smoking8
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Equipment and vehicle use4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Arson/incendiarism3
Debris and open burning1
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
5 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined22 acresLos Angeles County Fire Departmentnot named
5 September 2011Misuse of fire by a minor40 acresLos Angeles County Fire Departmentnot named
29 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSanta Monica Mountains National Recreation AreaEAST FIRE
18 September 1995Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresSanta Monica Mountains National Recreation AreaFRANKLIN
15 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined7.0 acresSanta Monica Mountains National Recreation AreaRUSTIC
3 August 2010Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSanta Monica Mountains National Recreation AreaFRYMAN
26 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined60 acresSanta Monica Mountains National Recreation AreaENCINO
23 August 2011Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresLos Angeles County Fire Departmentnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Los Angeles County

Storms near this place

1 since 2024

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Beverly Glen in 1 storm report in 2024: 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
February 2024Flash FloodBeverly Glen-Flash flooding was reported on Interstate 405 near Sepulveda Boulevard. One vehicles was disabled due to the flooding.

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
Bel Air1.7 miles50
Trousdale Estates2.7 miles49
Sherman Oaks3.0 miles45
Westgate Heights3.2 miles50
Westwood Village3.3 miles50
Beverly Hills3.4 miles50
Brentwood Heights3.4 miles50
Westwood3.7 miles50

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1660329. 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.

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.