Hollywood Riviera, California
43 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1996. It stands in the Torrance census division. It lies in ZIP code area 90277. It lies near Malaga Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Redondo Beach quadrangle.
Then and now
1896 to 1996The same ground, surveyed 100 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1896 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
16 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.
- 1896 USGS Redondo quadrangle1:62500, 9 printings
- 1901 USGS Southern California Sheet No. 1 quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1904 USGS Southern California Sheet No. 1 quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1924 USGS Torrance quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1934 USGS Torrance quadrangle1:20000
- 1934 USGS Torrance quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS San Pedro quadrangle1:125000
- 1944 USGS Redondo quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Long Beach quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS Redondo Beach quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Long Beach quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Long Beach quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Long Beach quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Redondo Beach quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1981 USGS Long Beach quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1996 USGS Redondo Beach quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
114 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 114 fires within 5 miles of Hollywood Riviera between 2005 and 2020, burning about 288 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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 | 65 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 17 |
| Smoking | 17 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 7 September 2011 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Los Angeles County Fire Department | not named |
| 6 September 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Los Angeles County Fire Department | not named |
| 6 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 22 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 20 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Los Angeles County Fire Department | not named |
| 17 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 12 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 18 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Hollywood Riviera: 14 past producers, 2 occurrences, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Diatomite, Silica, Titanium, Metal. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burdick Minerals Corp. | Titanium, Lead | Past Producer | ||
| Palos Verdes Stone Quarry | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Clifton | Titanium, Metal | Producer | ||
| Clifton-Redondo Placer | Titanium, Metal | Producer | Ilmenite | |
| Coast Brick Co. | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Torrance Brick Co.-Plant No 1 | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Caswell & Co. | Silica | Past Producer | ||
| Diatomaceous Earth Deposit | Diatomite | Occurrence | ||
| Diatomaceous Earth Quarry | Diatomite | Past Producer | ||
| Dicalite | Diatomite | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clifton | 0.9 miles | 43 | |
| Palos Verdes Estates | 1.0 miles | 43 | |
| Walteria | 1.8 miles | 41 | |
| Rolling Hills Estates | 2.3 miles | 41 | |
| Redondo Beach | 2.4 miles | 43 | |
| Torrance | 2.7 miles | 41 | |
| Palos Verdes Peninsula | 3.3 miles | 43 | |
| Dudmore | 3.4 miles | 41 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122540484 | The 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 1660760. 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.















