Leona Valley, California
30 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the North Antelope Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93551. The Survey maps it on the Sleepy Valley quadrangle. 1,555 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 3,491 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1915 to 1995The 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.


Population over time
2 figuresLeona Valley fell from 1,607 to 1,555 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,607 | |
| 2020 | 1,555 | -52 (-3%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 30 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.
- 1915 USGS Elizabeth Lake quadrangle1:125000
- 1915 USGS Elizabeth Lake quadrangle1:96000
- 1917 USGS Elizabeth Lake quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1931 USGS Del Sur quadrangle1:24000
- 1936 USGS Del Sur quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1949 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Bouquet Reservoir quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Sleepy Valley quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1966 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Lancaster quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1995 USGS Sleepy Valley quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
225 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 225 fires within 5 miles of Leona Valley between 1992 and 2020, burning about 10,550 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 33 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 | 112 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 38 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 33 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 10 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2017 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2.0 acres | Angeles National Forest | LEONA |
| 6 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 6 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 6 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 6 September 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Angeles National Forest | POWER |
| 5 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Los Angeles County Fire Department | not named |
| 3 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 3 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Desert District | UNNAMED FIRE 1248 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 11 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Leona Valley: 5 prospects, 3 past producers, 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Talc-Soapstone, Manganese, Titanium, Gold. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Double Eagle | Gold | Prospect | ||
| Iron Mack | Titanium | Past Producer | ||
| Pay Brickyard | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Red Feather Claim | Manganese, Silica | Past Producer | 1918 | |
| Gladwin and Peet Claim | Manganese | Occurrence | ||
| Gladwin and Peet Claim | Manganese | Prospect | 1917 | |
| Red Feather | Manganese | Producer | Psilomelane, Rhodonite | |
| Bouquet Canyon Talc | Talc-Soapstone | Prospect | ||
| Commack Talc Deposit | Talc-Soapstone | Unknown | ||
| Dabney Talc | Talc-Soapstone | Prospect |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln Crest | 2.3 miles | 29 | |
| Rancho Vista | 3.7 miles | 29 | |
| Quartz Hill | 4.1 miles | 30 | |
| Del Sur | 4.9 miles | 31 | |
| Andrade Corner | 5.2 miles | 29 | |
| Green Valley | 6.7 miles | 28 | |
| Boiling Point | 6.8 miles | 31 | |
| White Heather | 6.8 miles | 29 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Leona Valley | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3458863 | The 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 244746. 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.













