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Chapman, California

47 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 91107. The Survey maps it on the Mount Wilson quadrangle.

Chapman 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 Chapman, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Chapman, surveyed 1894

Compare 1894 against another survey:

On record in Chapman

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 2 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

18 surveys from 47 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

258 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 258 fires within 5 miles of Chapman between 1992 and 2020, burning about 7,439 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 34 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/undetermined119
Equipment and vehicle use39
Arson/incendiarism34
Smoking19
Misuse of fire by a minor17
Power generation/transmission/distribution9
Recreation and ceremony8
Fireworks5
Natural4
Debris and open burning4

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 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLos Angeles County Fire Departmentnot named
4 September 2002Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreAngeles National ForestELLIOT
30 September 1992Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAngeles National ForestWILDERNESS
3 September 1996Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAngeles National ForestLUCKY
26 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLos Angeles County Fire Departmentnot named
21 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
21 September 2008Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
21 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Los Angeles County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Chapman: 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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
Simmons Brick Co.-Pasadena PlantClayPast Producer
Consolidated Rock Products Co. PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Osborn CoSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Osborn Co.Sand 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
Lamanda Park0.6 miles47
East Pasadena0.6 miles47
Santa Anita1.8 miles47
Sierra Madre1.9 miles47
Kinneloa Mesa1.9 miles47
West Arcadia2.2 miles47
San Marino2.2 miles47
Arcadia2.6 miles47

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 Q17195333The 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 1660471. 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.