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Cloverleaf Canyon, California

44 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Upper San Gabriel Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 91016. It lies near Monrovia Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Azusa quadrangle.

Cloverleaf Canyon 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 Cloverleaf Canyon, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Cloverleaf Canyon, surveyed 1894

Compare 1894 against another survey:

On record in Cloverleaf Canyon

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 1 record

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

21 surveys from 44 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

266 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 266 fires within 5 miles of Cloverleaf Canyon between 1992 and 2020, burning about 10,211 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 44 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
Arson/incendiarism44
Equipment and vehicle use34
Misuse of fire by a minor20
Smoking17
Recreation and ceremony14
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Debris and open burning4
Fireworks4
Natural2
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
8 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined17 acresAngeles National ForestGUN
7 September 1994Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresAngeles National ForestDUARTE
5 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
5 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
30 September 1992Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAngeles National ForestWILDERNESS
3 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLos Angeles County Fire Departmentnot named
3 September 1996Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAngeles National ForestLUCKY
29 September 2005Arson/incendiarism1.0 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 53 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 53 workings within 5 miles of Cloverleaf Canyon: 36 past producers, 8 prospects, 5 occurrences, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Silver, Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
CogswellMolybdenum, RheniumOccurrenceMolybdenite, Powellite
FelixFluorine-FluoriteProspect
Fish Canyon QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Largo Sand and GravelGold, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProspectSedimentary
Sierra VistaTungstenOccurrence
Sunburst PitStone, DimensionPast Producer
Winter CreekMolybdenum, Gold, Silver, CopperOccurrenceBornite, Chalcopyrite, Molybdenite
Winter CreekCopper, Gold, Molybdenum, SilverPast Producer
Winter Creek GroupMolybdenum, Gold, Silver, CopperOccurrenceVein
Winter GroupCopper, Silver, Gold, MolybdenumOccurrenceBornite, Chalcopyrite, Malachite, Pyrite

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
Monrovia1.7 miles44
Bradbury2.2 miles44
Duarte2.5 miles44
Arcadia3.1 miles47
Sierra Madre3.1 miles47
Butler3.2 miles44
Las Lomas3.3 miles44
Santa Anita3.4 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 Q122560565The 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 2710365. 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.