Del Sur, California
31 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the North Antelope Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93536. The Survey maps it on the Del Sur quadrangle.
Then and now
1915 to 1995The same ground, surveyed 80 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1915 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 31 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.
- 1915 USGS Elizabeth Lake quadrangle1:125000
- 1915 USGS Elizabeth Lake quadrangle1:96000
- 1917 USGS Elizabeth Lake quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1931 USGS Del Sur quadrangle1:24000
- 1936 USGS Del Sur quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1949 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Bouquet Reservoir quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Del Sur quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1966 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Lancaster quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1995 USGS Del Sur quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
234 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 234 fires within 5 miles of Del Sur between 1996 and 2020, burning about 2,949 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 24 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 | 143 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 27 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 24 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 15 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Los Angeles County Fire Department | not named |
| 9 September 1997 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Angeles National Forest | MATCHES |
| 7 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Angeles National Forest | COPPERMILL |
| 6 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 6 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 6 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 6 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 6 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2013Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Del Sur in 2 storm reports between 2013 and 2015: 2 flash flood. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2015 | Flash Flood | Del Sur | - | Strong thunderstorms generated flash flooding across the Antelope Valley. At the intersection of 90th Street West and West Avenue I, a car was stuck in flood waters. |
| August 2013 | Flash Flood | Del Sur | - | Trained spotters reported widespread flash flooding across the communities of Quartz Hill and Leona Valley. The area around 60th Street and Quartz Hill High School experienced flash flooding as well as the area around 90th Street West and Elizabeth Lake Road in Leona Valley. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Antelope Acres | 4.5 miles | 30 | |
| Quartz Hill | 4.8 miles | 30 | |
| Leona Valley | 4.9 miles | 30 | |
| Andrade Corner | 5.5 miles | 29 | |
| Rancho Vista | 6.0 miles | 29 | |
| Lincoln Crest | 7.1 miles | 29 | |
| Fairmont | 7.9 miles | 31 | |
| Lancaster | 8.1 miles | 29 |
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 Del Sur | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3474907 | 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 270824. 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.
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.













