Bouquet Junction, California
38 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Newhall census division. It lies in ZIP code area 91355. It lies near Soledad Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Newhall quadrangle.
Then and now
1903 to 1995The same ground, surveyed 92 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1903 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 38 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.
- 1903 USGS Camulos quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1903 USGS Santa Susana quadrangle1:62500, 8 printings
- 1929 USGS Saugus quadrangle1:24000
- 1933 USGS Saugus quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1941 USGS Santa Susana quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Santa Susana quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1952 USGS Newhall quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1955 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1966 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:100000
- 1995 USGS Newhall quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
478 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 478 fires within 5 miles of Bouquet Junction between 1992 and 2020, burning about 36,510 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 36 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/undetermined | 252 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 87 |
| Smoking | 44 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 36 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 23 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Fireworks | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 2 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Los Angeles County Fire Department | not named |
| 6 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 6 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 5 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 5 September 2006 | Smoking | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 4 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Los Angeles County Fire Department | not named |
| 3 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 28 September 2013 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Angeles National Forest | BLUE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 13 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Bouquet Junction: 5 past producers, 3 unknowns, 2 prospects, 2 occurrences. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Fullers Earth, Pumice, Volcanic Materials. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Cloud Chinchilla Dust | Pumice, Volcanic Materials | Past Producer | ||
| Overman | Fullers Earth | Occurrence | ||
| Curtis-Hooker Corp. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Dry Canyon Lease | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Emmed Placer, Et Al. | Gold | Unknown | ||
| Gold Discovery Site, 1842 | Gold | Prospect | ||
| Nils Desperandum | Gold | Unknown | ||
| Placerita Canyon Placers | Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Robinette | Gold | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pardee | 0.5 miles | 38 | |
| Saugus | 0.8 miles | 38 | |
| Rancho Santa Clarita | 1.3 miles | 38 | |
| Santa Clarita | 2.1 miles | 38 | |
| Honby | 2.6 miles | 36 | |
| Newhall | 2.7 miles | 38 | |
| Oberg (historical) | 2.9 miles | 38 | |
| Canyon Country | 3.6 miles | 36 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1660364. 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.













