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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.

Harbor Hills within Los Angeles County

Then and now

1896 to 1981

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 Harbor Hills, surveyed 1981
Topographic sheet of Harbor Hills, surveyed 1896

Compare 1896 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 41 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

176 since 2005

Regional 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/undetermined97
Smoking26
Equipment and vehicle use24
Arson/incendiarism11
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Recreation and ceremony3
Debris and open burning2

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
8 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
8 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
6 September 2020Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresLos Angeles County Fire Departmentnot named
6 September 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreLos Angeles County Fire Departmentnot named
6 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
5 September 2011Smokingunder an acreLos Angeles County Fire Departmentnot named
4 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
3 September 2006Misuse of fire by a minor5.0 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

10 of 16 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Hilltop QuarryLimestone, General, DolomitePast Producer
Palos Verdes Stone QuarryStonePast Producer
Lawrence I. Liston Co.-Madrona AveSilicaPast Producer
Miller Bros. Truck Co.-HawthorneSilicaPast Producer
Diatomaceous Earth DepositDiatomiteOccurrence
Diatomaceous Earth QuarryDiatomitePast Producer
DicaliteDiatomiteOccurrence
Linderman and Decker Co.ClayPast Producer
Lynn Brick Co.ClayPast Producer
Torrance Brick Co.-Plant No 1ClayPast 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
Lomita0.8 miles41
Harbor City1.1 miles40
Miraleste2.0 miles41
Dana Strand Village2.2 miles40
Ironsides2.2 miles41
Rolling Hills Estates2.4 miles41
Walteria2.6 miles41
San Pedro Hill2.6 miles37

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.