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Falling Springs, California

37 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the South Antelope Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 91702. It lies near Rockbound Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Crystal Lake quadrangle. It stands 3,957 feet above sea level. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Falling Springs within Los Angeles County

Then and now

1901 to 1995

The same ground, surveyed 94 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Falling Springs (historical), surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Falling Springs (historical), surveyed 1901

Compare 1901 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

17 surveys from 37 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

260 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 260 fires within 5 miles of Falling Springs (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 37,610 acres in total. 38 started naturally. 33 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/undetermined65
Recreation and ceremony60
Natural38
Equipment and vehicle use37
Arson/incendiarism33
Smoking11
Fireworks5
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Debris and open burning4
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Other causes1

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 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined166 acresAngeles National ForestFORK
9 September 2015Naturalunder an acreAngeles National ForestROAD
9 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined771 acresGlendale Fire DepartmentMOUNTAIN
7 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAngeles National ForestWESTFORK
6 September 1993Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreAngeles National ForestMOONEY
5 September 2013Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreAngeles National ForestNORTH
4 September 2011Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreAngeles National ForestLOG
3 September 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAngeles National ForestLABOR

Every fire recorded in Los Angeles County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Falling Springs (historical): 7 occurrences, 2 past producers, 1 producer, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Molybdenum, Silica, Silver. 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
Donaldson ProspectSilverProspect
Davis and SonSilicaProducer
Davis and Son MineSilicaPast Producer
ColeMolybdenumOccurrenceMolybdenite
ColeMolybdenumOccurrenceVein
ColeMolybdenumUnknown
Baker and Austin PlacerGoldOccurrence
Buel and Ford PlacerGoldOccurrence
Ferguson PlacerGoldOccurrence
Glen-Marie PlacerGoldPast 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
Cedar Springs4.2 miles35
Johnson Corner4.6 miles37
Paradise Springs6.7 miles35
Old Point Comfort7.8 miles35
Mile High8.4 miles34
Big Rock Springs9.2 miles35
Largo Vista9.5 miles34
Big Pines9.5 miles38

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on Falling Springs (historical)An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5432346The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1656511. 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.