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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.

Eagle Rock within Los Angeles County

Then and now

1894 to 1995

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Eagle Rock, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Eagle Rock, surveyed 1894

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.

Topographic sheets covering this place

16 surveys from 48 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

84 since 2001

Regional 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/undetermined48
Smoking10
Equipment and vehicle use9
Arson/incendiarism8
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Debris and open burning3
Recreation and ceremony1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
6 September 2009Smoking1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
3 September 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreAngeles National ForestTWIN
10 September 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
1 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
6 August 2005Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
5 August 2009Smoking1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
30 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
28 August 2006Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Los Angeles County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 17 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Ross DepositGraniteOccurrence
Verdugo Canyon DepositGraphiteProspect
Anderson and SandquistClayPast Producer
Elysian Park PlantClayPast Producer
Los Angeles Pottery Co.ClayPast Producer
BeyrleSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
City of Los AngelesSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Devil S GateSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Devils Canyon DamSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gordon-Garrison-RussellSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working 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
North Highland Park1.1 miles45
Adams Square1.5 miles48
Highland Park2.0 miles43
Glendale2.2 miles45
Garvanza2.4 miles43
Glassell Park2.4 miles45
Atwater2.7 miles43
Mount Washington2.8 miles43

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.