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Malibu Junction, California

31 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Agoura Hills-Malibu census division. It lies in ZIP code area 91301. It lies near Lindero Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Thousand Oaks quadrangle.

Malibu Junction within Los Angeles County

Then and now

1900 to 1979

The same ground, surveyed 79 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Malibu Junction, surveyed 1979
Topographic sheet of Malibu Junction, surveyed 1900

Compare 1900 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 31 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

197 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 197 fires within 5 miles of Malibu Junction between 1992 and 2020, burning about 19,628 acres in total. None started naturally. 12 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/undetermined98
Equipment and vehicle use41
Smoking14
Arson/incendiarism12
Debris and open burning10
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Recreation and ceremony3
Fireworks2
Other causes1

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
6 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
6 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSanta Monica Mountains National Recreation AreaFREEWAY
30 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresSanta Monica Mountains National Recreation AreaGILLETTE
30 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
30 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresSanta Monica Mountains National Recreation AreaMALIBU
3 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
26 September 2008Smokingunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
25 September 2003Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreSanta Monica Mountains National Recreation AreaPONYCLUB

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Los Angeles County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Malibu Junction: 3 past producers, 2 occurrences, 1 producer, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Copper, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Nickel, Copper, Stone, Dimension. 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
Ventura MineNickel, CopperOccurrence1932
Ventura MineCopper, NickelPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Millerite, Pentlandite, Pyrrhotite
Ventura MineNickel, CopperProspect
Volcanic RockStone, DimensionPast Producer
Prospect MineCopperOccurrence
Quality Rock Company Sand and GravlSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

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
Agoura1.0 miles38
Agoura Hills1.0 miles31
Cornell2.3 miles32
Westlake Village2.6 miles30
Seminole Hot Springs3.1 miles32
Brents Junction3.2 miles40
Oak Hill5.6 miles32
Malibu Mar Vista (historical)5.7 miles32

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 252931. 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.