Caswell, California
34 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the North Antelope Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93243. It lies near Mystic Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Black Mountain quadrangle.
Then and now
1903 to 1995The same ground, surveyed 92 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1903 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 34 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1903 USGS Tejon quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1933 USGS Quail quadrangle1:24000
- 1938 USGS Quail quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1945 USGS Black Mtn quadrangle1:31680
- 1949 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Black Mtn quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1959 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1966 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Black Mtn quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Lancaster quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1991 USGS Black Mountain quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1995 USGS Black Mountain quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
373 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 373 fires within 5 miles of Caswell between 1992 and 2020, burning about 9,584 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 22 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 158 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 155 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 22 |
| Smoking | 17 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2015 | Natural | 3.4 acres | Los Padres National Forest | SNOW #1 |
| 9 September 2015 | Natural | under an acre | Angeles National Forest | LIGHTNING |
| 9 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Los Angeles County Fire Department | not named |
| 9 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Los Angeles County Fire Department | not named |
| 7 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 7 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Angeles National Forest | ALAMO |
| 5 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Angeles National Forest | FRONTAGE |
| 4 September 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Angeles National Forest | DEL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Caswell: 4 occurrences, 2 prospects, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Uranium, Stone, Dimension, Silver. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lenard D. Rymer | Stone, Dimension | Unknown | ||
| Shoestring Mine | Gold, Silver | Prospect | ||
| Desert View | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Watson-Carlson Prospect | Uranium | Occurrence | ||
| Summerville Mine | Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Location | Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Gold | Prospect |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sandberg | 4.9 miles | 29 | |
| Gorman | 5.9 miles | 29 | |
| Holland Summit (historical) | 6.7 miles | 25 | |
| Chandler (historical) | 7.6 miles | 27 | |
| Three Points | 10.6 miles | 30 | |
| Naylor Place | 10.8 miles | 28 | |
| Martins | 13.0 miles | 28 | |
| Castaic | 18.6 miles | 37 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q17162801 | The 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 270347. 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.













