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Bradbury, California

44 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Upper San Gabriel Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 91008. It lies near Scott Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Azusa quadrangle. 921 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 676 feet above sea level.

Bradbury 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 Bradbury, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Bradbury, surveyed 1894

Compare 1894 against another survey:

Population over time

2 figures

Bradbury fell from 1,048 to 921 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
20101,048
2020921-127 (-12%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

21 surveys from 44 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

384 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 384 fires within 5 miles of Bradbury between 1992 and 2020, burning about 15,764 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 67 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/undetermined184
Arson/incendiarism67
Equipment and vehicle use43
Misuse of fire by a minor27
Smoking23
Recreation and ceremony14
Debris and open burning13
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Fireworks5
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
8 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined17 acresAngeles National ForestGUN
8 September 1998Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresAngeles National ForestGABRIEL
7 September 1994Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresAngeles National ForestDUARTE
6 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
5 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
5 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
30 September 1992Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAngeles National ForestWILDERNESS
3 September 2011Smokingunder an acreLos Angeles County Fire Departmentnot 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 67 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 67 workings within 5 miles of Bradbury: 49 past producers, 8 prospects, 6 producers, 4 occurrences. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Silver, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold. 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
FelixFluorine-FluoriteProspect
Fish Canyon QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Hacienda HeightsSand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, SilverPast Producer
Largo Sand and GravelGold, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProspectSedimentary
San Gabriel Valley PlacersSand and Gravel, Construction, GoldPast ProducerSedimentary
Sierra VistaTungstenOccurrence
Sunburst PitStone, DimensionPast Producer
Winter CreekMolybdenum, Gold, Silver, CopperOccurrenceBornite, Chalcopyrite, Molybdenite
Winter CreekCopper, Gold, Molybdenum, SilverPast Producer
Winter Creek GroupMolybdenum, Gold, Silver, CopperOccurrenceVein

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
Duarte0.6 miles44
Butler1.0 miles44
Las Lomas1.3 miles44
Monrovia1.5 miles44
Cloverleaf Canyon2.2 miles44
Kincaid2.3 miles44
Mayflower Village3.0 miles49
Irwindale3.3 miles42

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 BradburyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q896910The 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 1660369. 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.