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Lincoln Crest, California

29 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 91390. It lies near Maple Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Sleepy Valley quadrangle.

Lincoln Crest 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 Lincoln Crest, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Lincoln Crest, surveyed 1915

Compare 1915 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 29 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

166 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 166 fires within 5 miles of Lincoln Crest between 1992 and 2020, burning about 63,975 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 19 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
Equipment and vehicle use57
Missing data/not specified/undetermined55
Arson/incendiarism19
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Debris and open burning6
Recreation and ceremony6
Natural5
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Other causes3
Smoking2
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 1992Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAngeles National ForestPOWER
4 September 2011Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreLos Angeles County Fire Departmentnot named
30 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAngeles National ForestOUT
3 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Desert DistrictUNNAMED FIRE 1248
3 September 2002Arson/incendiarism5,124 acresAngeles National ForestLEONA
3 September 1999Arson/incendiarism10 acresAngeles National ForestGOAT
28 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAngeles National ForestMARKET

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Los Angeles County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Lincoln Crest: 9 prospects, 1 occurrence, 1 past producer, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Talc-Soapstone, Manganese, Gold, Titanium. 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
Iron MackTitaniumPast Producer
JoslinSilicaProspect
Double EagleGoldProspect
GladysGoldProspect
Gladwin and Peet ClaimManganeseOccurrence
Gladwin and Peet ClaimManganeseProspect1917
Purple Sage GroupManganeseProspect1942
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
Leona Valley2.3 miles30
White Heather4.6 miles29
Boiling Point5.0 miles31
Rancho Vista5.1 miles29
Andrade Corner5.7 miles29
Mission5.8 miles30
The Oaks5.9 miles29
Quartz Hill6.1 miles30

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 Q122548394The 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 252923. 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.