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Granada Hills, California

40 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the San Fernando Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 91344. It lies near Aliso Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Oat Mountain quadrangle.

Granada Hills within Los Angeles County

Then and now

1903 to 1979

The same ground, surveyed 76 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Granada Hills, surveyed 1979
Topographic sheet of Granada Hills, surveyed 1903

Topographic sheets covering this place

16 surveys from 40 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

92 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 92 fires within 5 miles of Granada Hills between 1995 and 2020, burning about 6,365 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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/undetermined54
Equipment and vehicle use13
Smoking7
Arson/incendiarism5
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Debris and open burning3
Fireworks1

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
3 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAngeles National ForestINTERSECTION
28 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined120 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
23 September 2007Smokingunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
23 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAngeles National ForestOLD
13 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
5 August 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresAngeles National ForestMCGROARTY
4 August 2005Fireworks1.5 acresAngeles National ForestSAN FERNANDO
4 August 1997Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAngeles National ForestDIVIDER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Los Angeles County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Granada Hills: 5 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Flagstone. 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
Charlton QuarryFlagstonePast Producer
Pacific Rock Co.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Pacific Rock CompanySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSand and Gravel
Pacoima Rock & Gravel Co.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Pacoima Rock and Gravel CompanySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer1925

Every working recorded in Los Angeles County

Storms near this place

6 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Granada Hills in 6 storm reports between 1999 and 2026: 2 flash flood, 2 flood, 1 wildfire, 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
February 2026FloodGranada Hills-Heavy rain produced significant roadway flooding on State Route 118 near Balboa Avenue.
February 2026FloodGranada Hills-Heavy rain produced significant roadway flooding near the intersection of Interstate 405 and State Route 118.
February 2025Flash FloodGranada Hills-Strong thunderstorms produced heavy rain and flash flooding near the intersection of Highway 118 and Balboa Boulevard. Three lanes of the Highway 118 were flooded.
April 2025Flash FloodGranada Hills-Flash flooding was reported along San Fernando Mission Boulevard in the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles county.
March 2024HailGranada Hills-In the Porter Ranch area, a strong thunderstorm generated hail of one inch diameter.
January 1999WildfireGranada Hills-no account filed

Every storm 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
Sherwood Forest2.3 miles38
Northridge2.6 miles38
North Hills2.8 miles44
Hickson (historical)3.0 miles38
Mission Hills3.0 miles38
Runnymede Poultry Colony (historical)3.5 miles38
Deer Lake Highlands4.1 miles40
Chatsworth4.2 miles40

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 271389. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.