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Montrose, California

51 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the San Fernando Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 91020. It lies near Engleheard Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Pasadena quadrangle. It stands 1,253 feet above sea level.

Montrose within Los Angeles County

Then and now

1894 to 1995

The same ground, surveyed 101 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Montrose, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Montrose, surveyed 1894

Compare 1894 against another survey:

On record in Montrose

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 2 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

19 surveys from 51 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

218 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 218 fires within 5 miles of Montrose between 1992 and 2020, burning about 169,069 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 26 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/undetermined82
Equipment and vehicle use60
Arson/incendiarism26
Recreation and ceremony17
Debris and open burning9
Smoking7
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Natural5
Fireworks4
Misuse of fire by a minor3

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
7 September 2008Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAngeles National ForestCHANEY
7 September 2004Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAngeles National ForestSTRATUS
5 September 2004Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAngeles National ForestSUNSHINE
5 September 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresAngeles National ForestTUNA
30 September 1995Arson/incendiarism7.0 acresAngeles National ForestCHANEY
3 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAngeles National ForestMALIBU
3 September 2001Debris and open burningunder an acreAngeles National ForestTWIN
3 September 2001Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreAngeles National ForestOCEAN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Los Angeles County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Montrose: 7 past producers, 3 producers, 2 prospects, 1 occurrence. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Graphite, Granite, Silica. 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
Haines CanyonStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Mallery #2GoldProspect
Quartz Hill DepositSilicaPast Producer
Ross DepositGraniteOccurrence
Verdugo Canyon DepositGraphiteProspect
Verdugo Mountain DepositGraphitePast Producer
Browns Canyon PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Devil S GateSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Devils Canyon DamSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gordon-Garrison-RussellSand 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
Sparr Heights0.7 miles48
Verdugo City0.9 miles51
Altacanyada1.3 miles51
La Crescenta1.5 miles51
La Cañada Flintridge2.0 miles46
Briggs Terrace2.4 miles51
Highway Highlands2.7 miles48
Linda Vista3.5 miles46

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 Q136486762The 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 1661053. 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.