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Oak Hill, California

32 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Agoura Hills-Malibu census division. It lies in ZIP code area 90265. It lies near Castro Peak. The Survey maps it on the Point Dume quadrangle.

Oak Hill within Los Angeles County

Then and now

1900 to 1995

The same ground, surveyed 95 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Oak Hill, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Oak Hill, surveyed 1900

Compare 1900 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 32 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

169 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 169 fires within 5 miles of Oak Hill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 10,652 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 4 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/undetermined73
Equipment and vehicle use43
Power generation/transmission/distribution12
Smoking11
Debris and open burning8
Recreation and ceremony7
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Arson/incendiarism4
Fireworks2
Other causes2
Natural1

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 2015Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresLos Angeles County Fire Departmentnot named
6 September 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreLos Angeles County Fire Departmentnot named
5 September 2008Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
22 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSanta Monica Mountains National Recreation AreaCORRAL
22 September 2008Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
22 September 2004Equipment and vehicle use3.1 acresSanta Monica Mountains National Recreation AreaMALIBU
2 September 1998Naturalunder an acreSanta Monica Mountains National Recreation AreaTRANCAS
18 September 2013Equipment and vehicle use3.6 acresSanta Monica Mountains National Recreation AreaVIRGENES

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Los Angeles County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Oak Hill: 1 past producer, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Diatomite. 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
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Point Dume DepositDiatomiteOccurrence

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
Malibu Mar Vista (historical)1.1 miles32
Malibu Vista1.3 miles32
Malibu Bowl2.4 miles36
Malibu Hills2.5 miles36
El Nido2.9 miles36
Seminole Hot Springs2.9 miles32
Cornell3.4 miles32
Malibu West3.6 miles32

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1669889. 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.