Deer Lake Highlands, California
40 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the San Fernando Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 91311. It stands on Falls Creek. The Survey maps it on the Oat Mountain quadrangle.
Then and now
1903 to 1979The same ground, surveyed 76 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Topographic sheets covering this place
16 surveys from 40 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1903 USGS Camulos quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1903 USGS Santa Susana quadrangle1:62500, 8 printings
- 1928 USGS Zelzah quadrangle1:24000
- 1929 USGS Zelzah quadrangle1:24000
- 1932 USGS Zelzah quadrangle1:24000
- 1941 USGS Santa Susana quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1941 USGS Zelzah quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Santa Susana quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1952 USGS Oat Mountain quadrangle1:24000, 8 printings
- 1955 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1966 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1976 USGS Oat Mountain quadrangle1:24000
- 1979 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
67 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 67 fires within 5 miles of Deer Lake Highlands between 2005 and 2020, burning about 39,971 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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/undetermined | 40 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 24,970 acres | Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area | TOPANGA |
| 28 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 120 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 26 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 23 September 2007 | Smoking | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 18 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 61 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 13 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 1 September 2020 | Fireworks | under an acre | Ventura County Fire Department | CROWN |
| 24 August 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Deer Lake Highlands: 7 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Flagstone, Limestone, General. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coquina Mine | Limestone, General | Past Producer | ||
| Charlton Quarry | Flagstone | Past Producer | ||
| Chatsworth Park Quarry | Stone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Santa Susana Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Southern Pacific Quarry | Flagstone | Past Producer | ||
| Clement Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Gilbert | Stone, Dimension | Past Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Twin Lakes | 0.5 miles | 40 | |
| Fern Ann Falls | 1.0 miles | 40 | |
| Chatsworth | 1.9 miles | 40 | |
| La Quinta | 3.8 miles | 34 | |
| Granada Hills | 4.1 miles | 40 | |
| Lakeside Park | 4.7 miles | 40 | |
| Northridge | 5.0 miles | 38 | |
| Winnetka | 5.0 miles | 38 |
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 Q122563117 | The 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 1660534. 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.















