Harold, California

The same ground, surveyed 66 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

1915 1981

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.

• 1915 USGS Elizabeth Lake quadrangle1:125000
• 1915 USGS Elizabeth Lake quadrangle1:96000
• 1917 USGS Elizabeth Lake quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
• 1932 USGS Palmdale quadrangle1:24000
• 1937 USGS Palmdale quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
• 1949 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
• 1955 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000
• 1958 USGS Lancaster quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
• 1958 USGS Palmdale quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
• 1959 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
• 1966 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000
• 1975 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
• 1978 USGS Palmdale quadrangle1:24000
• 1981 USGS Lancaster quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 823 fires within 5 miles of Harold between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,131 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 139 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.

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

• Alpine
• Palmdale
• Vincent
• Four Points
• Lakeview
• Pearland

Every fire recorded in Los Angeles County

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Harold: 5 past producers, 4 prospects, 2 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Semiprecious Gemstone, Calcium. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Every working recorded in Los Angeles County

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Harold in 2 storm reports between 2020 and 2023: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

Every storm recorded in Los Angeles County

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 271497. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.