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North Hills, California

44 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the San Fernando Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 91343. The Survey maps it on the Van Nuys quadrangle.

North Hills 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 Hills, surveyed 1979
Topographic sheet of North Hills, surveyed 1894

Compare 1894 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

19 surveys from 44 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

28 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of North Hills between 1997 and 2020, burning about 253 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 was 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/undetermined16
Smoking4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Arson/incendiarism1
Natural1
Debris and open burning1

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
4 August 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined60 acresLos Angeles Fire DepartmentHARVEY DRIVE FIRE
26 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
22 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
2 August 2019Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreLos Angeles County Fire Departmentnot named
26 July 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreLos Angeles County Fire Departmentnot named
23 July 2010Misuse of fire by a minor2.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
20 July 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
18 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined77 acresLos Angeles County Command CenterSEPULVEDA BASIN

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Los Angeles County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of North Hills: 12 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Pacoima Hill QuarryGranite, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Angulo Tile Co.ClayPast Producer
Mission Brick Co. PitClayPast Producer
Valley Brick & Supply Co.ClayPast Producer
Boulevard PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Cooperative Building Materials Co.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Granite Materials Co. - Wick St.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Pacific Rock Co.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Pacific Rock CompanySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSand and Gravel
Pacoima Rock & Gravel Co.Sand 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
Sherwood Forest1.7 miles38
Hickson (historical)1.7 miles38
Mission Hills1.7 miles38
Raymer1.8 miles44
Panorama City2.0 miles44
Runnymede Poultry Colony (historical)2.6 miles38
Northridge2.8 miles38
Granada Hills2.8 miles40

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1661422. 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.