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Hawthorne, California

40 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Inglewood census division. It lies in ZIP code area 90250. The Survey maps it on the Inglewood quadrangle. 88,083 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 72 feet above sea level.

Hawthorne 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 Hawthorne, surveyed 1981
Topographic sheet of Hawthorne, surveyed 1896

Compare 1896 against another survey:

On record in Hawthorne

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 1 record

Population over time

4 figures

Hawthorne grew from 71,349 to 88,083 between 1990 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
199071,349
200084,112+12,763 (+18%)
201084,293+181 (+0%)
202088,083+3,790 (+4%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

16 surveys from 40 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

318 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 318 fires within 5 miles of Hawthorne between 2005 and 2020, burning about 188 acres in total. None started naturally. 22 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/undetermined213
Smoking46
Arson/incendiarism22
Equipment and vehicle use16
Debris and open burning11
Misuse of fire by a minor10

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
9 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
9 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
7 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
5 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresLos Angeles County Fire Departmentnot named
5 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
3 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLos Angeles County Fire Departmentnot named
27 September 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
24 September 2010Missing 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

10 of 19 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 19 workings within 5 miles of Hawthorne: 14 past producers, 3 producers, 1 plant, 1 occurrence. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Silica, Titanium, Metal, Lead. 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
Redondo Beach ChalcedonySemiprecious GemstoneOccurrence
Unnamed QuarryLead, Silver, ZincPast Producer
CliftonTitanium, MetalProducer
Clifton-Redondo PlacerTitanium, MetalProducerIlmenite
Torrance B Plant TiTitanium, MetalPlant
Caswell & Co.SilicaPast Producer
Gordon Transfer & Trucking Co.SilicaPast Producer
Mcilroy Blasting Sand Co.SilicaPast Producer
Paramount Sand Co.SilicaPast Producer
Walter D. RansomSilicaPast 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
Del Aire0.9 miles40
Cypave1.3 miles40
Lairport1.4 miles40
Lennox1.5 miles40
Delta1.7 miles40
Lawndale2.0 miles42
Alondra Park2.2 miles42
Strawberry Park2.4 miles40

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on HawthorneAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q688596The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1652717. 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.