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Northridge, California

38 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the San Fernando Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 91324. It stands on Limekiln Canyon Wash. The Survey maps it on the Canoga Park quadrangle. 70,635 people lived here at the 2019 count. It stands 794 feet above sea level.

Northridge within Los Angeles County

Then and now

1903 to 1979

The same ground, surveyed 76 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Northridge, surveyed 1979
Topographic sheet of Northridge, surveyed 1903

Compare 1903 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 38 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 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Northridge between 2005 and 2020, burning about 46 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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/undetermined15
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Arson/incendiarism2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Smoking1
Debris and open burning1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
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
19 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresLos Angeles County Fire Departmentnot named
19 August 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
16 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLos Angeles County Fire Departmentnot named
1 August 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
4 July 2011Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresLos 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

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Northridge: 5 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Stone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Flagstone. 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
Charlton QuarryFlagstonePast Producer
Chatsworth Park QuarryStone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Angulo Tile Co.ClayPast Producer
Clement QuarryStone, DimensionPast Producer
San Valley Tile KilnsClayPast 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 Forest1.1 miles38
Runnymede Poultry Colony (historical)1.2 miles38
Reseda1.9 miles38
Winnetka2.1 miles38
Granada Hills2.6 miles40
Weeks Poultry Colony (historical)2.7 miles38
North Hills2.8 miles44
Lake Balboa3.4 miles45

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.

Wikipedia article on NorthridgeAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2050326The 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 246661. 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.