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Las Lomas, California

44 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Upper San Gabriel Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 91010. It lies near Maddock Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Azusa quadrangle.

Las Lomas within Los Angeles County

Then and now

1894 to 1995

The same ground, surveyed 101 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 Lomas, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Las Lomas, surveyed 1894

Compare 1894 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

21 surveys from 44 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

385 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 385 fires within 5 miles of Las Lomas between 1992 and 2020, burning about 16,828 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 60 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/undetermined190
Arson/incendiarism60
Equipment and vehicle use50
Misuse of fire by a minor25
Smoking24
Recreation and ceremony14
Debris and open burning11
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Fireworks4
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
8 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined17 acresAngeles National ForestGUN
8 September 1998Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresAngeles National ForestGABRIEL
7 September 1994Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresAngeles National ForestDUARTE
6 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
5 September 2009Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
5 September 2009Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
5 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
5 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

10 of 68 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 68 workings within 5 miles of Las Lomas: 52 past producers, 8 prospects, 6 producers, 2 occurrences. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Silver, 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
FelixFluorine-FluoriteProspect
Fish Canyon QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
KelseyGold, Silver, Lead, CobaltPast ProducerVein
Kelsey, Et Al.Gold, Lead, SilverPast Producer
Largo Sand and GravelGold, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProspectSedimentary
San Gabriel Valley PlacersSand and Gravel, Construction, GoldPast ProducerSedimentary
Sierra VistaTungstenOccurrence
Sunburst PitStone, DimensionPast Producer
Century Sand and GravelGold, SilverPast Producer
Daisy, Et Al.Lead, Gold, SilverOccurrence

Every working recorded in Los Angeles County

Storms near this place

4 since 2014

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Las Lomas in 4 storm reports between 2014 and 2017: 4 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
January 2017Flash FloodLas Lomas-Strong thunderstorms brought heavy rain to the Fish burn scar. The heavy rain produced mud and debris flows which impacted Encanto Parkway in the city of Azusa.
January 2017Flash FloodLas Lomas-Heavy rain produced flash flooding as well as mud and debris flows near the Fish burn scar. Mud and debris flows closed down areas around the intersection of Melcanyon and Brookridge Roads in the city of Duarte.
December 2016Flash FloodLas Lomas-Heavy rain over the Fish burn area generated flash flooding as well as mud and debris flows in the city of Duarte. At the intersection of Brookridge Road and Melcanyon Road, over 6 inches of mud and debris was reported.
March 2014Flash FloodLas Lomas-Heavy showers and thunderstorms moved across the communities of Asuza and Glendora, generating flash flooding and debris flows. Law enforcement and media reported numerous mud and debris flows.

Every storm 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
Kincaid1.2 miles44
Butler1.2 miles44
Bradbury1.3 miles44
Duarte1.6 miles44
Azusa2.2 miles44
Irwindale2.6 miles42
Monrovia2.8 miles44
Cloverleaf Canyon3.3 miles44

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1669870. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.