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East Arcadia, California

49 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Upper San Gabriel Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 91006. It stands on Santa Anita Wash. The Survey maps it on the El Monte quadrangle.

East Arcadia within Los Angeles County

Then and now

1894 to 1979

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 East Arcadia, surveyed 1979
Topographic sheet of East Arcadia, surveyed 1894

Compare 1894 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

17 surveys from 49 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

470 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 470 fires within 5 miles of East Arcadia between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,131 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 61 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/undetermined266
Arson/incendiarism61
Smoking41
Equipment and vehicle use41
Misuse of fire by a minor31
Debris and open burning22
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Fireworks2
Natural1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
9 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLos Angeles County Fire Departmentnot named
6 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
5 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLos Angeles County Fire Departmentnot named
5 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
5 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
30 September 1992Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAngeles National ForestWILDERNESS
3 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreLos Angeles County Fire Departmentnot named
3 September 2011Missing 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

10 of 44 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 44 workings within 5 miles of East Arcadia: 34 past producers, 5 prospects, 5 producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Silver, Stone, Dimension. 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
Sunburst PitStone, DimensionPast Producer
Century Sand and GravelGold, SilverPast Producer
Rancho AzusaGold, SilverPast Producer
Arrow Rock Co Duarte PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Arrow Sand & Gravel, IncSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Baldwin Park Pit and PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Baldwin Park PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Blue Diamond - Peck Rd PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspectSedimentary
Blue Diamond - PiersonSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspectSedimentary
Blue Diamond CorpSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

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 El Monte0.4 miles49
Mayflower Village0.8 miles49
Maxson2.1 miles49
Temple City2.1 miles49
Hayes2.2 miles49
West Arcadia2.4 miles47
Arcadia2.5 miles47
El Monte2.6 miles49

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1923027. 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.