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Mint Canyon, California

36 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Newhall census division. It lies in ZIP code area 91387. It lies near Sand Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Mint Canyon quadrangle.

Mint Canyon within Los Angeles County

Then and now

1900 to 1995

The same ground, surveyed 95 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Mint Canyon, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Mint Canyon, surveyed 1900

Compare 1900 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 36 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

513 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 513 fires within 5 miles of Mint Canyon between 1992 and 2020, burning about 51,363 acres in total. None started naturally. 55 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/undetermined215
Equipment and vehicle use127
Arson/incendiarism55
Smoking37
Misuse of fire by a minor31
Recreation and ceremony16
Power generation/transmission/distribution13
Debris and open burning10
Fireworks7
Other causes2

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
8 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresAngeles National ForestFIRECREST
6 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
6 September 2009Power generation/transmission/distribution3.0 acresAngeles National ForestELK
6 September 2009Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
6 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAngeles National ForestSHRUB
6 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
5 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
5 September 2005Smokingunder an acreAngeles National ForestSOLEDAD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Los Angeles County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 40 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 40 workings within 5 miles of Mint Canyon: 20 past producers, 11 prospects, 4 occurrences, 3 unknowns. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Titanium, Pumice. 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
Alfredo Payola, Et Al.StoneOccurrence
Blue Cloud Chinchilla DustPumice, Volcanic MaterialsPast Producer
Chicago-PacificFeldspar, SilicaProspect
LangBoron-BoratesPast Producer1907, 1908, 1922
Mitchell QuarryStone, Crushed/Broken, GranitePast Producer1920
Nora-Evalyn GroupVermiculiteOccurrence
P. W. Gillibrand Soledad PlantSand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, Titanium, Phosphorus-PhosphatesPlant1968
Paradise DepositClayPast Producer
Reynier RanchVolcanic MaterialsPast Producer
Sand Canyon PlacersIron, Titanium, Zirconium, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect1983

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
Solemint1.0 miles36
Humphreys1.3 miles36
Forest Park1.4 miles36
Canyon Country1.6 miles36
Honby2.7 miles36
Lang3.4 miles37
Soledad Sulphur Springs (historical)4.3 miles39
Rancho Santa Clarita4.8 miles38

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 Q122557044The 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 1661035. 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.