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Citrus, California

40 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 91702. The Survey maps it on the Baldwin Park quadrangle. 10,243 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 584 feet above sea level.

Citrus 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 Citrus, surveyed 1982
Topographic sheet of Citrus, surveyed 1894

Compare 1894 against another survey:

Population over time

2 figures

Citrus fell from 10,866 to 10,243 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
201010,866
202010,243-623 (-6%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

18 surveys from 40 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

506 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 506 fires within 5 miles of Citrus between 1992 and 2020, burning about 18,209 acres in total. None started naturally. 87 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/undetermined250
Arson/incendiarism87
Equipment and vehicle use59
Smoking32
Misuse of fire by a minor31
Recreation and ceremony19
Debris and open burning15
Fireworks7
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Other causes1

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 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined17 acresAngeles National ForestGUN
8 September 1998Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresAngeles National ForestGABRIEL
7 September 1994Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresAngeles National ForestDUARTE
6 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
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
4 September 2010Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresCalifornia 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

10 of 35 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 35 workings within 5 miles of Citrus: 27 past producers, 4 prospects, 3 producers, 1 occurrence. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Gold, Silver, Lead. 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
FelixFluorine-FluoriteProspect
Fish Canyon QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
KelseyGold, Silver, Lead, CobaltPast ProducerVein
Kelsey, Et Al.Gold, Lead, SilverPast Producer
Largo Sand and GravelGold, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProspectSedimentary
San Gabriel Valley PlacersSand and Gravel, Construction, GoldPast ProducerSedimentary
Featherstone DepositDiatomiteProducerSedimentary
Featherstone DepositDiatomitePast Producer
Rancho AzusaGold, SilverPast Producer
VictoriaLead, SilverPast 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
Azusa1.5 miles44
Covina1.7 miles37
La Fetra1.7 miles42
Glendora2.0 miles39
Irwindale2.4 miles42
Kincaid2.5 miles44
Charter Oak2.6 miles39
Orange Avenue Junction3.1 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 CitrusAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2738888The 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 1867006. 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.