Hansen, California
49 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Anaheim-Santa Ana-Garden Grove census division. It lies in ZIP code area 92804. The Survey maps it on the Los Alamitos quadrangle.
Then and now
1896 to 1981The 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 1896 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
21 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.
- 1896 USGS Downey quadrangle1:62500
- 1899 USGS Downey quadrangle1:62500
- 1901 USGS Southern California Sheet No. 1 quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1902 USGS Downey quadrangle1:62500, 9 printings
- 1904 USGS Southern California Sheet No. 1 quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1923 USGS Artesia quadrangle1:24000
- 1925 USGS Artesia quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1935 USGS Los Alamitos quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1942 USGS Downey quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Downey quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS San Pedro quadrangle1:125000
- 1945 USGS Artesia quadrangle1:24000
- 1949 USGS Long Beach quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Los Alamitos quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Los Alamitos quadrangle1:24000
- 1957 USGS Long Beach quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Long Beach quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Long Beach quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Los Alamitos quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1974 USGS Los Alamitos quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Long Beach quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
264 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 264 fires within 5 miles of Hansen between 1998 and 2020, burning about 7,060 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 49 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 | 128 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 49 |
| Smoking | 27 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 24 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 18 |
| Debris and open burning | 15 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 7 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 5 September 2018 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 30 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 26 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 24 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Los Angeles County Fire Department | not named |
| 23 September 2011 | Smoking | under an acre | Orange County Fire Authority | not named |
| 20 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Hansen: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orange County Brick & Tile Co. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shirley | 0.9 miles | 49 | |
| Los Alamitos Junction | 1.0 miles | 44 | |
| Halcon | 1.2 miles | 49 | |
| La Belle Fontane Estates | 1.3 miles | 44 | |
| Stanton | 1.4 miles | 44 | |
| Cypress | 1.4 miles | 49 | |
| Clair | 1.6 miles | 44 | |
| Moody | 2.4 miles | 49 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 243177. 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.




















