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Naylor Place, California

28 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Newhall census division. It lies near Fish Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Whitaker Peak quadrangle.

Naylor Place within Los Angeles County

Then and now

1903 to 1995

The same ground, surveyed 92 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Naylor Place, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Naylor Place, surveyed 1903

Compare 1903 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 28 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

671 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 671 fires within 5 miles of Naylor Place between 1992 and 2020, burning about 51,137 acres in total. 5 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
Equipment and vehicle use429
Missing data/not specified/undetermined172
Arson/incendiarism17
Debris and open burning17
Smoking10
Recreation and ceremony7
Fireworks6
Natural5
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Other causes1
Firearms and explosives use1

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 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAngeles National ForestRANCHERO
9 September 2003Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAngeles National ForestWHITE
8 September 2013Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresAngeles National ForestFIVE
8 September 2004Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAngeles National ForestOVERPASS
8 September 1998Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAngeles National ForestCAT
8 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAngeles National ForestBUG
7 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAngeles National ForestPOST
7 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAngeles National ForestLABOR

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Los Angeles County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Naylor Place: 2 prospects, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Lead. 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
Silver MountainGold, LeadProspect
GilletteGold, SilverPast Producer
Great WestSilverProspect

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
Martins2.7 miles28
Castaic8.3 miles37
Sulphur Springs9.0 miles37
Ninetynine Oaks9.2 miles37
Sandberg9.7 miles29
Three Points9.7 miles30
Caswell10.8 miles34
Val Verde11.0 miles39

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 Q122548504The 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 1666862. 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.