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Juniper Hills, California

34 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the South Antelope Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93543. It lies near Matay Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Juniper Hills quadrangle.

Juniper Hills within Los Angeles County

Then and now

1901 to 1995

The same ground, surveyed 94 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Juniper Hills, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Juniper Hills, surveyed 1901

Compare 1901 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

17 surveys from 34 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

136 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 136 fires within 5 miles of Juniper Hills between 1992 and 2020, burning about 197 acres in total. 57 started naturally. 6 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
Natural57
Missing data/not specified/undetermined37
Equipment and vehicle use18
Recreation and ceremony9
Arson/incendiarism6
Other causes3
Debris and open burning3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
5 September 2019Natural2.2 acresAngeles National ForestALIMONY
5 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined14 acresAngeles National ForestPLEASANT
30 September 2010Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAngeles National ForestLONGVIEW
28 September 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAngeles National ForestMESA
20 September 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAngeles National ForestPALLETT
13 September 1992Recreation and ceremony3.0 acresAngeles National ForestPALLETT
11 September 2017Naturalunder an acreAngeles National ForestPLEASANT
1 September 2007Naturalunder an acreAngeles National ForestSNAG

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Los Angeles County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Juniper Hills: 2 occurrences, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Gold, Silver, Silver, Copper, Gold, Silver. 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
Palm Development CoCopper, Gold, SilverOccurrenceMalachite
Palm Development Co.Copper, Gold, SilverProspect
Sycamore ProspectSilverOccurrence

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
Longview4.0 miles35
Valyermo4.4 miles35
Pearblossom4.5 miles20
Big Rock Springs5.3 miles35
Old Point Comfort5.7 miles35
Littlerock5.9 miles20
Desert Relief (historical)6.8 miles20
Cedar Springs7.0 miles35

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 Juniper HillsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3474933The 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 271842. 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.