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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.

Hancock Park 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 Hancock Park, surveyed 1979
Topographic sheet of Hancock Park, surveyed 1894

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.

Topographic sheets covering this place

19 surveys from 42 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

97 since 2005

Regional 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/undetermined61
Smoking12
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Arson/incendiarism6
Equipment and vehicle use5
Debris and open burning4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

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
24 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresLos Angeles County Fire Departmentnot named
14 September 2016Smoking1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
10 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
7 August 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
6 August 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
30 August 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
3 August 2010Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSanta Monica Mountains National Recreation AreaFRYMAN
28 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Los Angeles County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Unnamed AditGold, CopperProspect
Unnamed Calcite OccurrenceCalciumProspect
Brush Canyon QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
CahuengaGoldProspect
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Elysian Park PlantClayPast Producer
J. JensenClayUnknown
K & KClayPast Producer
Los Angeles Brick Co. PitClayPast 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
Larchmont Village0.6 miles42
Windsor Square0.7 miles42
Parklabrea1.2 miles42
Country Club Park1.3 miles42
Vineyard1.4 miles42
Lafayette Square1.7 miles42
Koreatown1.8 miles42
Carthay Circle1.9 miles42

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.