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.
Then and now
1894 to 1979The 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.


Compare 1894 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
17 surveys from 49 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 Sierra Madre quadrangle1:24000
- 1933 USGS Sierra Madre quadrangle1:24000
- 1941 USGS Sierra Madre quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS El Monte quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1966 USGS El Monte quadrangle1:24000, 8 printings
- 1966 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
470 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 266 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 61 |
| Smoking | 41 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 41 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 31 |
| Debris and open burning | 22 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Los Angeles County Fire Department | not named |
| 6 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 5 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Los Angeles County Fire Department | not named |
| 5 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 5 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 30 September 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Angeles National Forest | WILDERNESS |
| 3 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Los Angeles County Fire Department | not named |
| 3 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Los Angeles County Fire Department | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 44 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunburst Pit | Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Century Sand and Gravel | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Rancho Azusa | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Arrow Rock Co Duarte Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Arrow Sand & Gravel, Inc | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Baldwin Park Pit and Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Baldwin Park Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Blue Diamond - Peck Rd Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Prospect | Sedimentary | |
| Blue Diamond - Pierson | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Prospect | Sedimentary | |
| Blue Diamond Corp | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sedimentary |
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 El Monte | 0.4 miles | 49 | |
| Mayflower Village | 0.8 miles | 49 | |
| Maxson | 2.1 miles | 49 | |
| Temple City | 2.1 miles | 49 | |
| Hayes | 2.2 miles | 49 | |
| West Arcadia | 2.4 miles | 47 | |
| Arcadia | 2.5 miles | 47 | |
| El Monte | 2.6 miles | 49 |
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.
















