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Boiling Point, California

31 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the South Antelope Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 91390. It lies near Hauser Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Sleepy Valley quadrangle. It stands 3,163 feet above sea level.

Boiling Point within Los Angeles County

Then and now

1915 to 1995

The same ground, surveyed 80 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Boiling Point, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Boiling Point, surveyed 1915

Compare 1915 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 31 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

407 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 407 fires within 5 miles of Boiling Point between 1992 and 2020, burning about 62,948 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 10 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
Equipment and vehicle use206
Missing data/not specified/undetermined134
Debris and open burning12
Arson/incendiarism10
Natural9
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Power generation/transmission/distribution9
Smoking9
Other causes4
Recreation and ceremony3
Fireworks2

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 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAngeles National ForestSTANG
7 September 2004Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAngeles National ForestCELICA
6 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAngeles National ForestPOWER
5 September 2003Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAngeles National ForestSLURRY
4 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresAngeles National ForestCROWN
4 September 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAngeles National ForestFRONTAGE
4 September 2011Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreLos Angeles County Fire Departmentnot named
30 September 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAngeles National ForestPACIFIC

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Los Angeles County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 33 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 33 workings within 5 miles of Boiling Point: 15 prospects, 9 past producers, 5 producers, 3 occurrences. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Manganese, Semiprecious Gemstone, Quartz, Semiprecious Gemstone. 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
ActonLead, Gold, SilverProspect
Collecting SiteSemiprecious Gemstone, QuartzPast ProducerChalcedony, Opal
Collector's LocalitySemiprecious GemstoneOccurrence
Governor MineSilver, Gold, CopperPast Producer1880
Iron MackTitaniumPast Producer
JoslinSilicaProspect
Katz SoapstoneTalc-SoapstoneProspect
Gladwin and Peet ClaimManganeseOccurrence
Gladwin and Peet ClaimManganeseProspect1917
Blue GooseGoldProspect

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
Mission1.1 miles30
White Heather2.4 miles29
Agua Dulce3.8 miles39
The Oaks5.0 miles29
Lincoln Crest5.0 miles29
Acton5.0 miles41
Stallion Meadow Mobile Home Park5.5 miles41
Paris5.5 miles41

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 Boiling PointAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q23016672The 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 1660355. 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.