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Morningside Park, California

40 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Inglewood census division. It lies in ZIP code area 90305. The Survey maps it on the Inglewood quadrangle.

Morningside Park within Los Angeles County

Then and now

1896 to 1981

The same ground, surveyed 85 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Morningside Park, surveyed 1981
Topographic sheet of Morningside Park, surveyed 1896

Compare 1896 against another survey:

On record in Morningside Park

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 1 record

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

16 surveys from 40 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

304 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 304 fires within 5 miles of Morningside Park between 2005 and 2020, burning about 135 acres in total. None started naturally. 17 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/undetermined212
Smoking40
Equipment and vehicle use19
Arson/incendiarism17
Debris and open burning9
Misuse of fire by a minor7

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 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
9 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
7 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
5 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresLos Angeles County Fire Departmentnot named
5 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
3 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLos Angeles County Fire Departmentnot named
27 September 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
27 September 2010Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Los Angeles County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Morningside Park: 4 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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
City Brick Co. PitClayPast Producer
Independent Brick Co. Pit and PlantClayPast Producer
Material YardClayProducer
Simmons Brick Co.-Inglewood PlantClayPast Producer
Standard Brick Co.-Inglewood YardClayPast 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
Inglewood1.4 miles40
Hyde Park1.5 miles40
Van Ness1.6 miles40
Westmont1.8 miles40
Dorset Village2.0 miles40
Lennox2.0 miles40
Windsor Hills2.5 miles40
Wildasin2.6 miles40

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 246210. 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.