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North Hollywood, 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 91601. The Survey maps it on the Van Nuys quadrangle.

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

Compare 1894 against another survey:

On record in North Hollywood

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 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

20 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

78 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 78 fires within 5 miles of North Hollywood between 2000 and 2020, burning about 230 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 3 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/undetermined48
Smoking11
Equipment and vehicle use9
Arson/incendiarism3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Debris and open burning1
Natural1
Fireworks1

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
5 September 2011Misuse of fire by a minor10 acresLos Angeles County Fire Departmentnot named
30 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
3 September 2005Fireworks18 acresAngeles National ForestCABRINI
29 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSanta Monica Mountains National Recreation AreaEAST FIRE
21 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
19 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresAngeles National ForestSUNLAND
12 September 2011Smokingunder an acreLos Angeles County Fire Departmentnot named
10 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 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

10 of 23 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 23 workings within 5 miles of North Hollywood: 19 past producers, 2 unknowns, 1 producer, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Gold. 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
Ferro-TitanTitaniumPast Producer
Unnamed AditGold, CopperProspect
Mission Brick Co. PitClayPast Producer
Valley Brick & Supply Co.ClayPast Producer
Los Angeles Park Dept. QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Mill City QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Arrow Rock Co.-Sun Valley PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Big Tujunga PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Blue Diamond Corp. - Roscoe PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Los Angeles County

Storms near this place

4 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names North Hollywood in 4 storm reports between 2006 and 2025: 4 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2025Flash FloodNorth Hollywood-Strong thunderstorms produced heavy rain and flash flooding in the city of Los Angeles. At the intersection of Highway 101 and Campo de Cahuenga, significant road flooding was reported.
February 2023Flash FloodNorth Hollywood-Heavy rainfall generated flash flooding on Highway 101 near Campo de Cahuenga. All lanes of the 101 experienced significant flooding.
August 2023Flash FloodNorth Hollywood-Heavy rain generated flash flooding near the community of Burbank. Northbound lanes of Highway 170 were flooded.
March 2006Flash FloodNorth Hollywood-Heavy rain produced flash flooding in the North Hollywood area. California Highway Patrol reported the car pool lane of SR-170 was closed at Riverside Drive due to flooding.

Every storm 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
La Paco1.1 miles45
Garnsey1.2 miles45
McNeil1.6 miles45
Magnolia Park1.7 miles45
Studio City1.9 miles44
Hewitt2.0 miles44
Vega2.0 miles45
Kester2.4 miles45

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1661116. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.