Hancock Park, California
42 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Los Angeles census division. It lies in ZIP code area 90020. The Survey maps it on the Hollywood 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:
On record in Hancock Park
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 8 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Petitfils-Boos Houselisted 2005 · 0.6 miles away
Ebell of Los Angeleslisted 1994 · 0.6 miles away
Security-First National Bank of Los Angeleslisted 2005 · 0.7 miles away
Los Altos Apartmentslisted 1999 · 0.9 miles away- Eva K. Fudger Houselisted 2023 · 0.3 miles away
- Citrus Square Historic Districtlisted 2024 · 0.7 miles away
- Boulevard Heights Historic Districtlisted 2012 · 0.9 miles away
- Miracle Mile Apartments Historic Districtlisted 2022 · 0.9 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
19 surveys from 42 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 Santa Monica quadrangle1:62500
- 1898 USGS Santa Monica quadrangle1:62500
- 1900 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1901 USGS Southern California Sheet No. 1 quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1902 USGS Santa Monica quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1904 USGS Southern California Sheet No. 1 quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1920 USGS Santa Monica quadrangle1:62500
- 1921 USGS Santa Monica quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1924 USGS Hollywood quadrangle1:24000
- 1926 USGS Hollywood quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Hollywood quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1966 USGS Hollywood quadrangle1:24000, 4 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
97 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 97 fires within 5 miles of Hancock Park between 2005 and 2020, burning about 1,026 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 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 | 61 |
| Smoking | 12 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Los Angeles County Fire Department | not named |
| 14 September 2016 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 10 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 7 August 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 6 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 30 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 3 August 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area | FRYMAN |
| 28 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Hancock Park: 4 past producers, 3 prospects, 2 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Gold, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Calcium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Adit | Gold, Copper | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Calcite Occurrence | Calcium | Prospect | ||
| Brush Canyon Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Cahuenga | Gold | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown | ||
| Elysian Park Plant | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| J. Jensen | Clay | Unknown | ||
| K & K | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Los Angeles Brick Co. Pit | Clay | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Larchmont Village | 0.6 miles | 42 | |
| Windsor Square | 0.7 miles | 42 | |
| Parklabrea | 1.2 miles | 42 | |
| Country Club Park | 1.3 miles | 42 | |
| Vineyard | 1.4 miles | 42 | |
| Lafayette Square | 1.7 miles | 42 | |
| Koreatown | 1.8 miles | 42 | |
| Carthay Circle | 1.9 miles | 42 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1732781. 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.


















