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Hi Vista, California

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1931 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the North Antelope Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93535. It lies near Long Buttes. The Survey maps it on the Hi Vista quadrangle. It stands 3,061 feet above sea level.

Hi Vista within Los Angeles County

Then and now

1931 to 1982

The same ground, surveyed 51 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Hi Vista, surveyed 1982
Topographic sheet of Hi Vista, surveyed 1931

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 18 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

6 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Hi Vista between 2005 and 2011, burning about 83 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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/undetermined4
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
27 July 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresLos Angeles County Fire Departmentnot named
26 July 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined45 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
11 July 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresLos Angeles County Fire Departmentnot named
29 May 2005Misuse of fire by a minor5.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
13 May 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
29 November 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia 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

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Hi Vista: 2 producers, 1 past producer, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Silica, Quartz. 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
Unnamed LocationQuartzProducer
Unnamed MineQuartzProspect
Western Silica Co Clayton, MurocSilicaProducer
Western Silica Co.SilicaPast Producer

Every working recorded in Los Angeles County

Storms near this place

1 since 2017

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hi Vista in 1 storm report in 2017: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 2017Thunderstorm WindHi Vista-Severe thunderstorm wind gusts were reported across the Antelope Valley. The RAWS sensor at Saddleback Butte reported thunderstorm wind gusts of 61 MPH while the ASOS at Palmdale Airport reported thunderstorm wind gusts up to 58 MPH.

Every storm 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
Wilsona Gardens5.3 miles20
Walton Place (historical)6.0 miles23
Wilsona (historical)8.3 miles19
Lake Los Angeles8.9 miles20
Redman10.4 miles23
Antelope Center14.8 miles20
Llano16.0 miles20
Desert Relief (historical)16.1 miles20

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 Hi VistaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q14682228The 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 1660742. 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.