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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.

Caswell within Los Angeles County

Then and now

1903 to 1995

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Caswell, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Caswell, surveyed 1903

Compare 1903 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 34 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

373 since 1992

Regional 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 use158
Missing data/not specified/undetermined155
Arson/incendiarism22
Smoking17
Natural6
Recreation and ceremony5
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Debris and open burning3
Fireworks2
Other causes1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 2015Natural3.4 acresLos Padres National ForestSNOW #1
9 September 2015Naturalunder an acreAngeles National ForestLIGHTNING
9 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLos Angeles County Fire Departmentnot named
9 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresLos Angeles County Fire Departmentnot named
7 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
7 September 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAngeles National ForestALAMO
5 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAngeles National ForestFRONTAGE
4 September 2014Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAngeles National ForestDEL

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 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Lenard D. RymerStone, DimensionUnknown
Shoestring MineGold, SilverProspect
Desert ViewUraniumOccurrence
Watson-Carlson ProspectUraniumOccurrence
Summerville MineGoldOccurrence
Unnamed LocationGoldOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectGoldProspect

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
Sandberg4.9 miles29
Gorman5.9 miles29
Holland Summit (historical)6.7 miles25
Chandler (historical)7.6 miles27
Three Points10.6 miles30
Naylor Place10.8 miles28
Martins13.0 miles28
Castaic18.6 miles37

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 Q17162801The 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.