Hollywood Heights, California
43 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Los Angeles census division. It lies in ZIP code area 90068. It lies near Nichols Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Hollywood quadrangle.
Then and now
1894 to 1979The 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 1894 against another survey:
On record in Hollywood Heights
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 within a mile 12 of 26 shown
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Samuel Freeman Houselisted 1971 · 0.1 miles away
Villa Bonitalisted 1986 · 0.1 miles away
Lasky-DeMille Barnlisted 2014 · 0.3 miles away
Whitley Heights Historic Districtlisted 1982 · 0.3 miles away
Montecito Apartmentslisted 1985 · 0.3 miles away
Hollywood Masonic Templelisted 1985 · 0.4 miles away
Canterbury Apartment Hotel, Thelisted 2018 · 0.4 miles away
Woman's Club of Hollywoodlisted 2016 · 0.4 miles away
Hollywood Boulevard Commercial and Entertainment Districtlisted 1985 · 0.5 miles away
El Cabrillolisted 2005 · 0.5 miles away
Highland-Camrose Bungalow Villagelisted 1989 · 0.5 miles away
Whitley Courtlisted 2004 · 0.5 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
19 surveys from 43 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.
- 1894 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:62500
- 1896 USGS Santa Monica quadrangle1:62500
- 1898 USGS Santa Monica quadrangle1:62500
- 1900 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1901 USGS Southern California Sheet No. 1 quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1902 USGS Santa Monica quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1904 USGS Southern California Sheet No. 1 quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1920 USGS Santa Monica quadrangle1:62500
- 1921 USGS Santa Monica quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1926 USGS Burbank quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1948 USGS Burbank quadrangle1:24000
- 1949 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Hollywood quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1966 USGS Hollywood quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1966 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
92 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 92 fires within 5 miles of Hollywood Heights between 1995 and 2020, burning about 1,053 acres in total. None started naturally. 7 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 | 54 |
| Smoking | 14 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 29 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area | EAST FIRE |
| 24 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Los Angeles County Fire Department | not named |
| 21 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 18 September 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area | FRANKLIN |
| 7 August 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 30 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 3 August 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area | FRYMAN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Hollywood Heights: 3 prospects, 3 past producers, 2 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Gold, Clay, Calcium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forest Lawn Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| J. Jensen | Clay | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Adit | Gold, Copper | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed Calcite Occurrence | Calcium | Prospect | ||
| Cahuenga | Gold | Prospect | ||
| Brush Canyon Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Los Angeles Park Dept. Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Mill City Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whitley Heights | 0.3 miles | 43 | |
| Outpost Estates | 0.4 miles | 43 | |
| Hollywood | 0.9 miles | 42 | |
| West Hollywood | 1.6 miles | 42 | |
| Crescent | 2.1 miles | 42 | |
| Universal City | 2.3 miles | 45 | |
| Larchmont Village | 2.5 miles | 42 | |
| Hancock Park | 2.7 miles | 42 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2130539. 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.


















