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Huntington Park, California

47 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the South Gate-East Los Angeles census division. It lies in ZIP code area 90255. The Survey maps it on the South Gate quadrangle. 54,883 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 171 feet above sea level.

Huntington Park within Los Angeles County

Then and now

1896 to 1981

The 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.

Topographic sheet of Huntington Park, surveyed 1981
Topographic sheet of Huntington Park, surveyed 1896

Compare 1896 against another survey:

Population over time

2 figures

Huntington Park fell from 58,114 to 54,883 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
201058,114
202054,883-3,231 (-6%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

19 surveys from 47 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

441 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 441 fires within 5 miles of Huntington Park between 2005 and 2020, burning about 1,195 acres in total. None started naturally. 45 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/undetermined282
Smoking47
Arson/incendiarism45
Misuse of fire by a minor32
Equipment and vehicle use22
Debris and open burning11
Railroad operations and maintenance2

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
8 September 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
8 September 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
7 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresLos Angeles County Fire Departmentnot named
6 September 2011Smokingunder an acreLos Angeles County Fire Departmentnot named
6 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
6 September 2006Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
5 September 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acreLos Angeles County Fire Departmentnot named
30 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCalifornia 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

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Huntington Park: 10 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General, Talc-Soapstone. 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
L.A. MillTalc-SoapstoneProducer
California Portland Cement CompanyLimestone, General, ClayPast Producer
Southwestern Portland Cement CoLimestone, General, ClayPast Producer
Alameda St. PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Blue Diamond Corp. - Alameda PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Western Rock & Sand Co.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
City Brick Co. PitClayPast Producer
Los Angeles Brick Co.-7th St. YardClayPast Producer
Simmons Brick Co.-Boyle Pit/PlantClayPast Producer
So. California Brick Co.ClayPast Producer

Every working 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
Walnut Park0.9 miles47
Pueblo Del Rio Public Housing1.2 miles47
Florence1.3 miles47
Firestone Park1.3 miles47
Nadeau1.5 miles47
Wingfoot1.5 miles42
Vernon1.6 miles43
Graham1.6 miles47

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 Huntington ParkAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q851027The 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 1660778. 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.