Del Valle, California
39 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Newhall census division. It lies in ZIP code area 91384. It lies near San Martinez Chiquito Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Val Verde quadrangle. It stands 928 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1903 to 1995The same ground, surveyed 92 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1903 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
15 surveys from 39 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
- 1931 USGS Castaic quadrangle1:24000
- 1940 USGS Castaic quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1941 USGS Santa Susana quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Santa Susana quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1952 USGS Val Verde quadrangle1:24000, 7 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
- 1979 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Val Verde quadrangle1:24000
- 1995 USGS Val Verde quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
202 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 202 fires within 5 miles of Del Valle between 1992 and 2020, burning about 129,253 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 28 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 | 116 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 31 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 28 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Fireworks | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Los Angeles County Fire Department | not named |
| 4 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Angeles National Forest | ROMERO |
| 24 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Desert District | UNNAMED FIRE 1149 |
| 23 September 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | California Desert District | UNNAMED FIRE 1153 |
| 23 September 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | California Desert District | UNNAMED FIRE 1170 |
| 23 September 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | California Desert District | UNNAMED FIRE 1154 |
| 22 September 2003 | Arson/incendiarism | 7.0 acres | California Desert District | UNNAMED FIRE 1177 |
| 21 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 acres | Angeles National Forest | BURLWOOD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Del Valle: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Fullers Earth. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Overman | Fullers Earth | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Val Verde | 1.8 miles | 39 | |
| Valencia | 3.0 miles | 37 | |
| Castaic Junction | 3.0 miles | 37 | |
| Oberg (historical) | 3.5 miles | 38 | |
| Mentryville (historical) | 3.7 miles | 35 | |
| Pico | 3.7 miles | 35 | |
| Ninetynine Oaks | 4.4 miles | 37 | |
| Sulphur Springs | 4.7 miles | 37 |
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 Valle | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5253010 | 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 1660536. 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.














