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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.

Leona Valley 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 Leona Valley, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Leona Valley, surveyed 1915

Compare 1915 against another survey:

Population over time

2 figures

Leona 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.

YearPeople Change
20101,607
20201,555-52 (-3%)

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

225 since 1992

Regional 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/undetermined112
Equipment and vehicle use38
Arson/incendiarism33
Misuse of fire by a minor10
Power generation/transmission/distribution9
Debris and open burning7
Natural6
Smoking4
Recreation and ceremony3
Other causes2
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 2017Power generation/transmission/distribution2.0 acresAngeles National ForestLEONA
6 September 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
6 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
6 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
6 September 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAngeles National ForestPOWER
5 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLos Angeles County Fire Departmentnot named
3 September 2006Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
3 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictUNNAMED FIRE 1248

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Los Angeles County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Double EagleGoldProspect
Iron MackTitaniumPast Producer
Pay BrickyardClayPast Producer
Red Feather ClaimManganese, SilicaPast Producer1918
Gladwin and Peet ClaimManganeseOccurrence
Gladwin and Peet ClaimManganeseProspect1917
Red FeatherManganeseProducerPsilomelane, Rhodonite
Bouquet Canyon TalcTalc-SoapstoneProspect
Commack Talc DepositTalc-SoapstoneUnknown
Dabney TalcTalc-SoapstoneProspect

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
Lincoln Crest2.3 miles29
Rancho Vista3.7 miles29
Quartz Hill4.1 miles30
Del Sur4.9 miles31
Andrade Corner5.2 miles29
Green Valley6.7 miles28
Boiling Point6.8 miles31
White Heather6.8 miles29

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 ValleyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3458863The 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.