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Brentwood Park, 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 90049. It lies near Mandeville Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Beverly Hills quadrangle.

Brentwood Park 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 Brentwood Park, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Brentwood Park, surveyed 1894

Compare 1894 against another survey:

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

38 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 38 fires within 5 miles of Brentwood Park between 1999 and 2020, burning about 1,494 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 was 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/undetermined19
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Smoking4
Equipment and vehicle use4
Debris and open burning2
Recreation and ceremony2
Natural1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
30 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSanta Monica Mountains National Recreation AreaCALVARY
16 September 2019Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreLos Angeles County Fire Departmentnot named
15 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined7.0 acresSanta Monica Mountains National Recreation AreaRUSTIC
21 August 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresSanta Monica Mountains National Recreation Area405FWY
8 July 2009Misuse of fire by a minor80 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
29 July 2010Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSanta Monica Mountains National Recreation AreaENTRADA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Los Angeles County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Brentwood Park: 7 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Limestone, General, Flagstone. 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
Santa Ynez Canyon QuarryFlagstonePast Producer
Santa Ynez DepositsLimestone, GeneralPast Producer
Acme Brick Co. PitClayPast Producer
Gladding-Mcbean-Santa Monica PitClayPast Producer
Santa Monica Brick Co.ClayPast Producer
Simons Brick Co.-Santa Monica PitClayPast Producer
Western Brick Co.ClayPast Producer

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
Westgate0.6 miles50
Riviera0.7 miles38
Brentwood0.8 miles50
Brentwood Heights0.9 miles50
Westgate Heights1.1 miles50
Pacific Palisades2.1 miles38
Sawtelle2.1 miles50
West Los Angeles2.2 miles50

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1669826. 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.