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North Highland Park, California

45 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Los Angeles census division. It lies in ZIP code area 90042. It lies near Poppy Peak. The Survey maps it on the Los Angeles quadrangle.

North Highland Park within Los Angeles County

Then and now

1894 to 1979

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 North Highland Park, surveyed 1979
Topographic sheet of North Highland Park, surveyed 1894

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On record in North Highland 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 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

15 surveys from 45 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

98 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 98 fires within 5 miles of North Highland Park between 2005 and 2020, burning about 1,056 acres in total. None started naturally. 8 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/undetermined60
Smoking13
Arson/incendiarism8
Equipment and vehicle use7
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Debris and open burning3
Recreation and ceremony1

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 2009Smoking1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
5 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
4 September 2016Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
18 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLos Angeles County Fire Departmentnot named
1 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
5 August 2009Smoking1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
27 August 2020Smoking1.0 acresLos Angeles County Fire Departmentnot named
27 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLos Angeles County Fire Departmentnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Los Angeles County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 18 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of North Highland Park: 13 past producers, 3 producers, 1 prospect, 1 occurrence. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Granite. 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
Ross DepositGraniteOccurrence
Anderson and SandquistClayPast Producer
Davidson Brick CompanyClayProducer
Elysian Park PlantClayPast Producer
K & KClayPast Producer
Los Angeles Brick Co-Mission Rd. YdClayPast Producer
Los Angeles Brick Co. PitClayPast Producer
Los Angeles Pottery Co.ClayPast Producer
BeyrleSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
City of Los AngelesSand 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
Highland Park0.9 miles43
Eagle Rock1.1 miles48
Garvanza1.4 miles43
Mount Washington2.0 miles43
Adams Square2.1 miles48
Glassell Park2.2 miles45
Olga2.2 miles43
Cypress Park2.5 miles43

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1669998. 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.