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Cornell, California

32 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Agoura Hills-Malibu census division. It lies in ZIP code area 91301. It lies near La Sierra Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Point Dume quadrangle. It stands 787 feet above sea level.

Cornell within Los Angeles County

Then and now

1900 to 1995

The same ground, surveyed 95 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Cornell, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Cornell, surveyed 1900

Compare 1900 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 32 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

202 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 202 fires within 5 miles of Cornell between 1992 and 2020, burning about 5,602 acres in total. None started naturally. 8 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/undetermined99
Equipment and vehicle use47
Smoking14
Debris and open burning11
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Arson/incendiarism8
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Recreation and ceremony4
Fireworks2
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
5 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreVentura County Fire DepartmentBRUSH
5 September 2008Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
30 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSanta Monica Mountains National Recreation AreaGILLETTE
30 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresSanta Monica Mountains National Recreation AreaMALIBU
3 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
25 September 2003Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreSanta Monica Mountains National Recreation AreaPONYCLUB
23 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresSanta Monica Mountains National Recreation AreaFREEWAY
22 September 2008Misuse of fire by a minorunder 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

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Cornell: 1 occurrence, 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Copper. 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
Prospect MineCopperOccurrence
Quality Rock Company Sand and GravlSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Los Angeles County

Storms near this place

3 since 2023

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cornell in 3 storm reports between 2023 and 2026: 2 flash flood, 1 debris flow. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
February 2026Debris FlowCornell-Heavy rainfall resulted in numerous rocks across Mulholland Highway at the intersection with Cornell Road.
February 2024Flash FloodCornell-Flash flooding and debris flows were reported on Cornell Road near Mulholland Highway. Significant mud flows blocked both lanes of the roadway.
August 2023Flash FloodCornell-Heavy rain produced flash flooding near the community of Agoura Hills. At the intersection of Highway 101 and Kanan Road, several vehicles were stuck in flood waters.

Every storm 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
Seminole Hot Springs0.8 miles32
Agoura Hills1.5 miles31
Malibu Junction2.3 miles31
Westlake Village2.6 miles30
Agoura2.9 miles38
Oak Hill3.4 miles32
Malibu Mar Vista (historical)3.7 miles32
Malibu Bowl4.2 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 CornellAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5171490The 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 1660510. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.