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Briggs Terrace, California

51 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Pasadena census division. It lies in ZIP code area 91214. It lies near Mullally Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Pasadena quadrangle.

Briggs Terrace 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 Briggs Terrace, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Briggs Terrace, surveyed 1894

Compare 1894 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

19 surveys from 51 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

406 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 406 fires within 5 miles of Briggs Terrace between 1992 and 2020, burning about 169,355 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 91 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/undetermined98
Equipment and vehicle use97
Arson/incendiarism91
Recreation and ceremony64
Debris and open burning14
Power generation/transmission/distribution10
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Fireworks9
Smoking6
Natural5
Other causes3

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 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresAngeles National ForestBIG TUJUNGA
7 September 2008Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAngeles National ForestCHANEY
7 September 2004Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAngeles National ForestSTRATUS
7 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAngeles National ForestOTTIE
6 September 2016Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreAngeles National ForestHAINES
5 September 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAngeles National ForestMILE
5 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAngeles National ForestMIDNIGHT
5 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresAngeles National ForestTUNA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Los Angeles County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Briggs Terrace: 7 past producers, 3 producers, 2 prospects, 2 occurrences. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Graphite, Granite, Silica. 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
Haines CanyonStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Mallery #2GoldProspect
ManzanitaMolybdenum, CopperOccurrence
Quartz Hill DepositSilicaPast Producer
Ross DepositGraniteOccurrence
Verdugo Canyon DepositGraphiteProspect
Verdugo Mountain DepositGraphitePast Producer
Browns Canyon PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Devil S GateSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Devils Canyon DamSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

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
La Crescenta1.4 miles51
Altacanyada1.5 miles51
Highway Highlands1.8 miles48
Verdugo City2.1 miles51
Montrose2.4 miles51
Sparr Heights3.1 miles48
Tujunga3.4 miles41
La Cañada Flintridge3.5 miles46

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 Briggs TerraceAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q17154831The 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 1660379. 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.