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Las Flores, California

35 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Agoura Hills-Malibu census division. It lies in ZIP code area 90265. It lies in Las Flores Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Malibu Beach quadrangle.

Las Flores within Los Angeles County

Then and now

1903 to 1995

The same ground, surveyed 92 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 Flores, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Las Flores, surveyed 1903

Compare 1903 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 35 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

112 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 112 fires within 5 miles of Las Flores between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,699 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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/undetermined67
Equipment and vehicle use20
Smoking6
Recreation and ceremony5
Other causes4
Debris and open burning4
Arson/incendiarism3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Fireworks1

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 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSanta Monica Mountains National Recreation AreaRAMBLA PACIFICA
9 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSanta Monica Mountains National Recreation AreaCOLD CANYON
8 September 2020Equipment and vehicle use6.7 acresSanta Monica Mountains National Recreation AreaTOPANGA
8 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLos Angeles County Fire DepartmentTOPANGA 2
5 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSanta Monica Mountains National Recreation AreaVALLEY LINDO
30 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSanta Monica Mountains National Recreation AreaCALVARY
3 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSanta Monica Mountains National Recreation AreaTUNA
3 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Los Angeles County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Las Flores: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Flagstone. 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
Malibu PotteriesClayPast Producer
Santa Ynez Canyon QuarryFlagstonePast Producer

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
Malibu Beach2.8 miles35
Topanga Beach3.0 miles38
Fernwood3.4 miles37
Wildwood3.7 miles38
Castellammare4.0 miles38
Monte Nido4.0 miles35
Inceville4.3 miles38
Topanga4.3 miles37

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 Q49356625The 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 1660897. 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.