Honby, California
36 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Newhall census division. It lies in ZIP code area 91351. The Survey maps it on the Mint Canyon quadrangle.
Then and now
1900 to 1995The same ground, surveyed 95 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Compare 1900 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
15 surveys from 36 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.
- 1900 USGS Fernando quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1900 USGS San Fernando quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1901 USGS Southern California Sheet No. 1 quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1904 USGS Southern California Sheet No. 1 quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1932 USGS Humphreys quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1940 USGS San Fernando quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1945 USGS San Fernando quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Mint Canyon quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1966 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:100000
- 1995 USGS Mint Canyon quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
517 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 517 fires within 5 miles of Honby between 1992 and 2020, burning about 45,226 acres in total. None started naturally. 54 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 | 237 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 109 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 54 |
| Smoking | 42 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 35 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 12 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Fireworks | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 6 September 2009 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3.0 acres | Angeles National Forest | ELK |
| 6 September 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 6 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 5 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 5 September 2006 | Smoking | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 5 September 2005 | Smoking | under an acre | Angeles National Forest | SOLEDAD |
| 4 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Los Angeles County Fire Department | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 23 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 23 workings within 5 miles of Honby: 11 past producers, 6 prospects, 3 unknowns, 2 occurrences. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Pumice, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Volcanic Materials. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alfredo Payola, Et Al. | Stone | Occurrence | ||
| Blue Cloud Chinchilla Dust | Pumice, Volcanic Materials | Past Producer | ||
| Paradise Deposit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Reynier Ranch | Volcanic Materials | Past Producer | ||
| Schmidt Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Blue Cloud Chinchilla Dust | Pumice | Past Producer | ||
| Curtis-Hooker Corp. | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Reynier Ranch Volcanic Ash | Pumice | Past Producer | ||
| Dry Canyon Lease | Gold | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2023Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Honby in 1 storm report in 2023: 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2023 | Flash Flood | Honby | - | Heavy rainfall generated flash flooding and significant mud and debris flows near the 19000 block of Placerita Canyon Road. Several vehicles were stuck in mud that was 25 feet deep. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canyon Country | 1.1 miles | 36 | |
| Solemint | 2.1 miles | 36 | |
| Rancho Santa Clarita | 2.5 miles | 38 | |
| Bouquet Junction | 2.6 miles | 38 | |
| Pardee | 2.6 miles | 38 | |
| Saugus | 2.6 miles | 38 | |
| Mint Canyon | 2.7 miles | 36 | |
| Humphreys | 2.8 miles | 36 |
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 Q122569397 | 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 1660766. 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.














