Indian Springs, California
38 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the San Fernando Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 91342. It lies near Buck Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Sunland quadrangle. It stands 1,959 feet above sea level.
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
18 surveys from 38 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
- 1934 USGS Little Tujunga quadrangle1:24000
- 1939 USGS Little Tujunga 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
- 1953 USGS Sunland quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1966 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Sunland quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1975 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Sunland quadrangle1:24000
- 1995 USGS Sunland quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
495 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 495 fires within 5 miles of Indian Springs between 1992 and 2020, burning about 33,500 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 109 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 | 184 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 109 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 88 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 43 |
| Debris and open burning | 18 |
| Fireworks | 16 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 16 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 10 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Other causes | 4 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Angeles National Forest | BIG TUJUNGA |
| 9 September 1992 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Angeles National Forest | OLDS |
| 7 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Angeles National Forest | RANGE |
| 7 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Angeles National Forest | OTTIE |
| 6 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Angeles National Forest | LITTLE |
| 6 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Angeles National Forest | GILBERT |
| 6 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Angeles National Forest | PICKUP |
| 6 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Angeles National Forest | MELT |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 80 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 80 workings within 5 miles of Indian Springs: 29 occurrences, 28 past producers, 16 prospects, 5 unknowns. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Titanium, Gold, Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Widow Claim | Stone | Occurrence | ||
| City Rock Company Pit. | Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | 1925 | |
| Denver Group | Copper, Lead, Zinc, Cobalt, Nickel, Antimony | Occurrence | Vein | |
| Hansen Dam Quarry | Granite, Stone | Past Producer | Granite | |
| Katz Diatomaceous Shale | Diatomite | Prospect | ||
| Last Chance | Lead, Silver, Zinc | Prospect | ||
| Little Tujunga Quad Occurrences | Chromium | Occurrence | ||
| Ore Hill Group | Lead, Antimony, Cobalt, Copper, Nickel, Silver, Zinc | Prospect | ||
| Pacoima Canyon Placers | Titanium, Zirconium, Gold, Hafnium, Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction | Prospect | 1983 | |
| San Gabriel Mountain District | Iron, Vanadium, Titanium | Past Producer | 1927 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| El Merrie Dell | 3.5 miles | 41 | |
| Kagel Canyon | 3.8 miles | 41 | |
| Lake View Terrace | 4.1 miles | 41 | |
| Sunland | 4.8 miles | 41 | |
| Shadow Hills | 4.9 miles | 41 | |
| Olive View | 5.9 miles | 40 | |
| Stonehurst | 5.9 miles | 41 | |
| Tujunga | 6.0 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 Q6021623 | 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 1660795. 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.

















