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Dominguez, California

47 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Compton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 90810. It stands on Compton Creek. The Survey maps it on the Long Beach quadrangle.

Dominguez within Los Angeles County

Then and now

1896 to 1981

The same ground, surveyed 85 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Dominguez, surveyed 1981
Topographic sheet of Dominguez, surveyed 1896

Compare 1896 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

17 surveys from 47 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

277 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 277 fires within 5 miles of Dominguez between 2005 and 2020, burning about 2,323 acres in total. None started naturally. 16 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/undetermined188
Smoking27
Equipment and vehicle use19
Arson/incendiarism16
Misuse of fire by a minor12
Debris and open burning12
Recreation and ceremony2
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
8 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
7 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
5 September 2011Smokingunder an acreLos Angeles County Fire Departmentnot named
4 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
27 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
26 September 2005Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
25 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLos Angeles County Fire Departmentnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Los Angeles County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Dominguez: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, Dimension, Silica. 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
Empire QuarryLimestone, DimensionProducer
Miller Bros. Truck Co.- Vollmer PitSilicaPast Producer

Every working recorded in Los Angeles County

Storms near this place

2 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dominguez in 2 storm reports between 2010 and 2024: 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
February 2024Flash FloodDominguez-California Highway Patrol reported significant flooding in the city of Carson at the intersection of Sepulveda Boulevard and Vermont Avenue. Four vehicles were stuck in the flooded roadway.
December 2010Flash FloodDominguez-Heavy showers produced significant flash flooding in south central Los Angeles County. California Highway Patrol reported significant flooding at the intersection of Vermont Avenue and West 190th Street with over one foot of water and numerous vehicles stalled in the high water.

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
Dolores0.4 miles47
Elftman0.4 miles47
Lincoln Village0.5 miles47
Cota0.7 miles47
Bangle0.9 miles47
Del Amo0.9 miles47
Vista del Mar1.5 miles46
Dominguez Junction2.0 miles47

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1660560. 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.