Eagle Rock, California
48 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Los Angeles census division. It lies in ZIP code area 90041. It lies near Scholl Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Pasadena quadrangle.
Then and now
1894 to 1995The same ground, surveyed 101 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1894 against another survey:
On record in Eagle Rock
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 2 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Women's Twentieth Century Club of Eagle Rocklisted 2013 · 0.3 miles away
Eagle Rock Branch Librarylisted 1987 · 0.7 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
16 surveys from 48 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.
- 1894 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:62500
- 1896 USGS Pasadena quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1900 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1900 USGS Pasadena quadrangle1:62500, 10 printings
- 1901 USGS Southern California Sheet No. 1 quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1904 USGS Southern California Sheet No. 1 quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1928 USGS Glendale quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1949 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Pasadena quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1966 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Pasadena quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1975 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:100000
- 1995 USGS Pasadena quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
84 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 84 fires within 5 miles of Eagle Rock between 2001 and 2020, burning about 1,202 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/undetermined | 48 |
| Smoking | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2009 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 3 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Angeles National Forest | TWIN |
| 10 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 1 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 6 August 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 5 August 2009 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 30 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 28 August 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 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
10 of 17 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Eagle Rock: 12 past producers, 2 prospects, 2 producers, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Graphite, Granite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ross Deposit | Granite | Occurrence | ||
| Verdugo Canyon Deposit | Graphite | Prospect | ||
| Anderson and Sandquist | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Elysian Park Plant | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Los Angeles Pottery Co. | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Beyrle | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| City of Los Angeles | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Devil S Gate | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Devils Canyon Dam | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gordon-Garrison-Russell | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Highland Park | 1.1 miles | 45 | |
| Adams Square | 1.5 miles | 48 | |
| Highland Park | 2.0 miles | 43 | |
| Glendale | 2.2 miles | 45 | |
| Garvanza | 2.4 miles | 43 | |
| Glassell Park | 2.4 miles | 45 | |
| Atwater | 2.7 miles | 43 | |
| Mount Washington | 2.8 miles | 43 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 241718. 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.















