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Charter Oak, California

39 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the East San Gabriel Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 91724. The Survey maps it on the San Dimas quadrangle. 9,739 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 761 feet above sea level.

Charter Oak within Los Angeles County

Then and now

1894 to 1982

The same ground, surveyed 88 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Charter Oak, surveyed 1982
Topographic sheet of Charter Oak, surveyed 1894

Compare 1894 against another survey:

Population over time

2 figures

Charter Oak grew from 9,310 to 9,739 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
20109,310
20209,739+429 (+5%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

18 surveys from 39 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

461 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 461 fires within 5 miles of Charter Oak between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,043 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 68 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/undetermined232
Arson/incendiarism68
Equipment and vehicle use48
Misuse of fire by a minor37
Smoking35
Recreation and ceremony11
Power generation/transmission/distribution10
Fireworks10
Debris and open burning8
Other causes1
Natural1

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 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
8 September 1998Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresAngeles National ForestGABRIEL
7 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAngeles National ForestROCKY
6 September 1995Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresAngeles National ForestPOWER
5 September 2009Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
5 September 2009Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
5 September 2008Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
4 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLos Angeles County Fire Departmentnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Los Angeles County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Charter Oak: 10 past producers, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Diatomite, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Gold, 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
Azusa Rock and Sand Co.Sand and Gravel, Construction, GoldPast Producer
Hacienda HeightsSand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, SilverPast Producer
Lordsburg DepositStoneProducer
Lordsburg DepositStone, DimensionPast Producer
San Dimas Rock Co.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
San Gabriel Valley PlacersSand and Gravel, Construction, GoldPast ProducerSedimentary
Featherstone DepositDiatomiteProducerSedimentary
Featherstone DepositDiatomitePast Producer
Azusa PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Azusa PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast 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
San Dimas2.1 miles39
Glendora2.5 miles39
Covina2.5 miles37
Citrus2.6 miles40
La Fetra3.1 miles42
Azusa3.9 miles44
La Verne4.1 miles40
Spadra4.3 miles36

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.

Wikipedia article on Charter OakAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1067838The 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 1660472. 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.