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Calabasas Highlands, California

40 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the San Fernando Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 91302. It lies near Dry Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Calabasas quadrangle.

Calabasas Highlands within Los Angeles County

Then and now

1903 to 1979

The same ground, surveyed 76 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Calabasas Highlands, surveyed 1979
Topographic sheet of Calabasas Highlands, surveyed 1903

Compare 1903 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 40 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

196 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 196 fires within 5 miles of Calabasas Highlands between 1992 and 2020, burning about 15,422 acres in total. None started naturally. 17 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/undetermined105
Equipment and vehicle use38
Arson/incendiarism17
Smoking12
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Debris and open burning6
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Fireworks3
Recreation and ceremony2
Other causes1

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 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSanta Monica Mountains National Recreation AreaRAMBLA PACIFICA
9 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSanta Monica Mountains National Recreation AreaCOLD CANYON
7 September 1999Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresSanta Monica Mountains National Recreation AreaMULHOLLAND
6 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLos Angeles County Fire Departmentnot named
6 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
6 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSanta Monica Mountains National Recreation AreaFREEWAY
5 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSanta Monica Mountains National Recreation AreaVALLEY LINDO
30 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSanta Monica Mountains National Recreation AreaGILLETTE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Los Angeles County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Calabasas Highlands: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Dimension. 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
Volcanic RockStone, DimensionPast 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
Topanga Park1.8 miles38
Calabasas1.9 miles40
Hidden Hills2.1 miles40
Glenview2.4 miles40
Brents Junction3.0 miles40
Woodland Hills3.3 miles38
Topanga3.5 miles37
Sylvia Park3.5 miles39

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1660410. 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.