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Largo Vista, 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 93544. It lies near Grandview Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Valyermo quadrangle. It stands 4,721 feet above sea level.

Largo Vista 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 Largo Vista, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Largo Vista, surveyed 1901

Compare 1901 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

16 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

232 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 232 fires within 5 miles of Largo Vista between 1992 and 2020, burning about 382 acres in total. 74 started naturally. 32 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
Natural74
Recreation and ceremony58
Missing data/not specified/undetermined41
Arson/incendiarism32
Equipment and vehicle use10
Debris and open burning7
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Smoking2

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 2015Naturalunder an acreAngeles National ForestHORN
9 September 2015Naturalunder an acreAngeles National ForestVINCENT
8 September 2012Naturalunder an acreAngeles National ForestBOB
6 September 2010Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreAngeles National ForestFORK
6 September 2010Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreAngeles National ForestSKID
4 September 2019Naturalunder an acreAngeles National ForestSITE
4 September 2006Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreAngeles National ForestSYCAMORE
4 September 1993Recreation and ceremony35 acresAngeles National ForestFORK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Los Angeles County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Largo Vista: 2 occurrences, 2 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Tungsten, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General. 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
AmercalStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Fenner Canyon ProspectTungstenOccurrence
Largo Vista Nos. 1-8Limestone, GeneralPast Producer
Empire PlacerGoldOccurrence
Unnamed MineGoldProspect

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
Mile High1.1 miles34
Paradise Springs3.0 miles35
Old Point Comfort3.7 miles35
Big Rock Springs3.7 miles35
Valyermo4.8 miles35
Big Pines5.2 miles38
Llano6.1 miles20
Desert Relief (historical)6.6 miles20

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 Q6489292The 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 1660892. 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.