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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.

Honby within Los Angeles County

Then and now

1900 to 1995

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Honby, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Honby, surveyed 1900

Compare 1900 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 36 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

517 since 1992

Regional 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/undetermined237
Equipment and vehicle use109
Arson/incendiarism54
Smoking42
Misuse of fire by a minor35
Power generation/transmission/distribution12
Debris and open burning10
Fireworks9
Recreation and ceremony5
Other causes3
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
6 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
6 September 2009Power generation/transmission/distribution3.0 acresAngeles National ForestELK
6 September 2009Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
6 September 2006Debris and open burning1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
5 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
5 September 2006Smokingunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
5 September 2005Smokingunder an acreAngeles National ForestSOLEDAD
4 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLos Angeles County Fire Departmentnot 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 23 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Alfredo Payola, Et Al.StoneOccurrence
Blue Cloud Chinchilla DustPumice, Volcanic MaterialsPast Producer
Paradise DepositClayPast Producer
Reynier RanchVolcanic MaterialsPast Producer
Schmidt QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Blue Cloud Chinchilla DustPumicePast Producer
Curtis-Hooker Corp.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Reynier Ranch Volcanic AshPumicePast Producer
Dry Canyon LeaseGoldPast Producer

Every working recorded in Los Angeles County

Storms near this place

1 since 2023

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
February 2023Flash FloodHonby-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.

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
Canyon Country1.1 miles36
Solemint2.1 miles36
Rancho Santa Clarita2.5 miles38
Bouquet Junction2.6 miles38
Pardee2.6 miles38
Saugus2.6 miles38
Mint Canyon2.7 miles36
Humphreys2.8 miles36

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 Q122569397The 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.