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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.

Indian Springs 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 Indian Springs, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Indian Springs, surveyed 1900

Compare 1900 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

18 surveys from 38 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

495 since 1992

Regional 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/undetermined184
Arson/incendiarism109
Equipment and vehicle use88
Recreation and ceremony43
Debris and open burning18
Fireworks16
Power generation/transmission/distribution16
Misuse of fire by a minor10
Smoking6
Other causes4
Natural1

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
9 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresAngeles National ForestBIG TUJUNGA
9 September 1992Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAngeles National ForestOLDS
7 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAngeles National ForestRANGE
7 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAngeles National ForestOTTIE
6 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAngeles National ForestLITTLE
6 September 2012Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAngeles National ForestGILBERT
6 September 1998Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAngeles National ForestPICKUP
6 September 1993Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAngeles National ForestMELT

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Los Angeles County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 80 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Black Widow ClaimStoneOccurrence
City Rock Company Pit.Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer1925
Denver GroupCopper, Lead, Zinc, Cobalt, Nickel, AntimonyOccurrenceVein
Hansen Dam QuarryGranite, StonePast ProducerGranite
Katz Diatomaceous ShaleDiatomiteProspect
Last ChanceLead, Silver, ZincProspect
Little Tujunga Quad OccurrencesChromiumOccurrence
Ore Hill GroupLead, Antimony, Cobalt, Copper, Nickel, Silver, ZincProspect
Pacoima Canyon PlacersTitanium, Zirconium, Gold, Hafnium, Iron, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect1983
San Gabriel Mountain DistrictIron, Vanadium, TitaniumPast Producer1927

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
El Merrie Dell3.5 miles41
Kagel Canyon3.8 miles41
Lake View Terrace4.1 miles41
Sunland4.8 miles41
Shadow Hills4.9 miles41
Olive View5.9 miles40
Stonehurst5.9 miles41
Tujunga6.0 miles41

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 Q6021623The 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.