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.
Then and now
1915 to 1995The 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.


Compare 1915 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 31 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1915 USGS Elizabeth Lake quadrangle1:125000
- 1915 USGS Elizabeth Lake quadrangle1:96000
- 1917 USGS Elizabeth Lake quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1932 USGS Red Rover quadrangle1:24000
- 1937 USGS Red Rover quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1949 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Bouquet Reservoir quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Sleepy Valley quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1966 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Lancaster quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1995 USGS Sleepy Valley quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
407 since 1992Regional 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 use | 206 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 134 |
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 9 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 9 |
| Smoking | 9 |
| Other causes | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Angeles National Forest | STANG |
| 7 September 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Angeles National Forest | CELICA |
| 6 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Angeles National Forest | POWER |
| 5 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Angeles National Forest | SLURRY |
| 4 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Angeles National Forest | CROWN |
| 4 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Angeles National Forest | FRONTAGE |
| 4 September 2011 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Los Angeles County Fire Department | not named |
| 30 September 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Angeles National Forest | PACIFIC |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 33 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Acton | Lead, Gold, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Collecting Site | Semiprecious Gemstone, Quartz | Past Producer | Chalcedony, Opal | |
| Collector's Locality | Semiprecious Gemstone | Occurrence | ||
| Governor Mine | Silver, Gold, Copper | Past Producer | 1880 | |
| Iron Mack | Titanium | Past Producer | ||
| Joslin | Silica | Prospect | ||
| Katz Soapstone | Talc-Soapstone | Prospect | ||
| Gladwin and Peet Claim | Manganese | Occurrence | ||
| Gladwin and Peet Claim | Manganese | Prospect | 1917 | |
| Blue Goose | Gold | Prospect |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mission | 1.1 miles | 30 | |
| White Heather | 2.4 miles | 29 | |
| Agua Dulce | 3.8 miles | 39 | |
| The Oaks | 5.0 miles | 29 | |
| Lincoln Crest | 5.0 miles | 29 | |
| Acton | 5.0 miles | 41 | |
| Stallion Meadow Mobile Home Park | 5.5 miles | 41 | |
| Paris | 5.5 miles | 41 |
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 Point | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q23016672 | The 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.













