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Las Cantilles, California

30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Newhall census division. It lies in ZIP code area 91390. It lies near Texas Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Green Valley quadrangle.

Las Cantilles within Los Angeles County

Then and now

1915 to 1995

The same ground, surveyed 80 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Las Cantilles, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Las Cantilles, surveyed 1915

Compare 1915 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 30 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

266 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 266 fires within 5 miles of Las Cantilles between 1992 and 2020, burning about 9,829 acres in total. 3 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined83
Equipment and vehicle use65
Arson/incendiarism32
Recreation and ceremony25
Power generation/transmission/distribution18
Misuse of fire by a minor13
Smoking8
Debris and open burning8
Fireworks6
Other causes5
Natural3

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 2004Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreAngeles National ForestSTREAMSIDE
8 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresAngeles National ForestFIRECREST
8 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAngeles National ForestROWHER
7 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.2 acresAngeles National ForestGULCH
7 September 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAngeles National ForestSTAGING
7 September 1996Arson/incendiarism855 acresAngeles National ForestCAMP
5 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
5 September 1997Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAngeles National ForestPALM

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Los Angeles County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 44 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 44 workings within 5 miles of Las Cantilles: 25 past producers, 10 prospects, 9 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Dimension, Gold, Stone, 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
Blue Cloud Chinchilla DustPumice, Volcanic MaterialsPast Producer
Blue Cloud Chinchilla DustPumicePast Producer
Bouquet Canyon DepositChromiumOccurrence
Gross Talc MineTalc-SoapstoneProspect
Mitchell QuarryStone, Crushed/Broken, GranitePast Producer1920
Mitchell QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Purple Sage GroupManganeseOccurrencePsilomelane, Pyrolusite, Rhodonite
Silver KingSilver, Lead, Manganese, IronPast ProducerVein
Tick CanyonBoron-BoratesPast Producer1907, 1908, 1922
Mint CanyonGypsum-AnhydritePast ProducerGypsum

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
Forest Park4.3 miles36
Sleepy Valley4.6 miles29
The Oaks5.1 miles29
Mint Canyon5.4 miles36
Canyon Country5.9 miles36
Solemint6.3 miles36
Rancho Santa Clarita6.3 miles38
Honby6.3 miles36

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 Q122568483The 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 276566. 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.