Harbor Hills, California
41 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Palos Verdes census division. It lies in ZIP code area 90717. It lies near Bent Spring Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Torrance 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
15 surveys from 41 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 Redondo quadrangle1:62500, 9 printings
- 1901 USGS Southern California Sheet No. 1 quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1904 USGS Southern California Sheet No. 1 quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1925 USGS San Pedro Hills quadrangle1:24000
- 1928 USGS San Pedro Hills quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1942 USGS San Pedro Hill quadrangle1:24000
- 1943 USGS San Pedro quadrangle1:125000
- 1944 USGS Redondo quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Long Beach quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Torrance quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Long Beach quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Long Beach quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Long Beach quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1964 USGS Torrance quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Long Beach quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
176 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 176 fires within 5 miles of Harbor Hills between 2005 and 2020, burning about 546 acres in total. None started naturally. 11 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 | 97 |
| Smoking | 26 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 24 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 9 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 8 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 6 September 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Los Angeles County Fire Department | not named |
| 6 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Los Angeles County Fire Department | not named |
| 6 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 5 September 2011 | Smoking | under an acre | Los Angeles County Fire Department | not named |
| 4 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 3 September 2006 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 5.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 16 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Harbor Hills: 14 past producers, 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Diatomite, Clay, Silica. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hilltop Quarry | Limestone, General, Dolomite | Past Producer | ||
| Palos Verdes Stone Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Lawrence I. Liston Co.-Madrona Ave | Silica | Past Producer | ||
| Miller Bros. Truck Co.-Hawthorne | Silica | Past Producer | ||
| Diatomaceous Earth Deposit | Diatomite | Occurrence | ||
| Diatomaceous Earth Quarry | Diatomite | Past Producer | ||
| Dicalite | Diatomite | Occurrence | ||
| Linderman and Decker Co. | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Lynn Brick Co. | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Torrance Brick Co.-Plant No 1 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lomita | 0.8 miles | 41 | |
| Harbor City | 1.1 miles | 40 | |
| Miraleste | 2.0 miles | 41 | |
| Dana Strand Village | 2.2 miles | 40 | |
| Ironsides | 2.2 miles | 41 | |
| Rolling Hills Estates | 2.4 miles | 41 | |
| Walteria | 2.6 miles | 41 | |
| San Pedro Hill | 2.6 miles | 37 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1660718. 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.














