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Canoga Park, California

38 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 91303. It stands on Bell Creek. The Survey maps it on the Canoga Park quadrangle.

Canoga Park 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 Canoga Park, surveyed 1979
Topographic sheet of Canoga Park, surveyed 1903

Compare 1903 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 38 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

58 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 58 fires within 5 miles of Canoga Park between 1992 and 2020, burning about 54 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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/undetermined25
Equipment and vehicle use11
Smoking8
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Arson/incendiarism5
Fireworks1
Debris and open burning1

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
6 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLos Angeles County Fire Departmentnot named
5 August 2007Smokingunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
3 August 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
26 August 2006Smoking1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
26 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
24 August 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
22 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
21 August 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSanta Monica Mountains National Recreation AreaNAVAJO

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Los Angeles County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Canoga Park: 7 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Dimension, Clay, Flagstone, Stone. 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
Chatsworth Park QuarryStone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed LocationStoneProducer
Angulo Tile Co.ClayPast Producer
Charlton QuarryFlagstonePast Producer
San Valley Tile KilnsClayPast Producer
Southern Pacific QuarryFlagstonePast Producer
Clement QuarryStone, DimensionPast Producer
GilbertStone, 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
Weeks Poultry Colony (historical)1.1 miles38
Winnetka1.6 miles38
Woodland Hills2.3 miles38
Tarzana3.0 miles37
Lakeside Park3.2 miles40
Reseda3.3 miles38
Calabasas3.7 miles40
Northridge3.8 miles38

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 240203. 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.