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.
Then and now
1894 to 1995The 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.


Compare 1894 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
21 surveys from 44 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1894 USGS Pomona quadrangle1:62500
- 1897 USGS Pomona quadrangle1:62500
- 1898 USGS Pomona quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1901 USGS Southern California Sheet No. 1 quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1904 USGS Pomona quadrangle1:62500, 7 printings
- 1904 USGS Southern California Sheet No. 1 quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1925 USGS Azusa quadrangle1:24000
- 1928 USGS Azusa quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1933 USGS Azusa quadrangle1:24000
- 1939 USGS Azusa quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1953 USGS Azusa quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Azusa quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1966 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:250000
- 1976 USGS Azusa quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS San Bernardino quadrangle1:100000
- 1995 USGS Azusa quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
385 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 190 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 60 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 50 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 25 |
| Smoking | 24 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 14 |
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Fireworks | 4 |
| Natural | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 acres | Angeles National Forest | GUN |
| 8 September 1998 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Angeles National Forest | GABRIEL |
| 7 September 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Angeles National Forest | DUARTE |
| 6 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 5 September 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 5 September 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 5 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 5 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 68 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Felix | Fluorine-Fluorite | Prospect | ||
| Fish Canyon Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Kelsey | Gold, Silver, Lead, Cobalt | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Kelsey, Et Al. | Gold, Lead, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Largo Sand and Gravel | Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction | Prospect | Sedimentary | |
| San Gabriel Valley Placers | Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold | Past Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Sierra Vista | Tungsten | Occurrence | ||
| Sunburst Pit | Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Century Sand and Gravel | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Daisy, Et Al. | Lead, Gold, Silver | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
4 since 2014Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2017 | Flash Flood | Las 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 2017 | Flash Flood | Las 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 2016 | Flash Flood | Las 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 2014 | Flash Flood | Las 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. |
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.
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.




















