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Oak Knoll, California

43 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Pasadena census division. It lies in ZIP code area 91106. It lies near Grace Hill. The Survey maps it on the Los Angeles quadrangle.

Oak Knoll 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 Oak Knoll, surveyed 1979
Topographic sheet of Oak Knoll, surveyed 1894

Compare 1894 against another survey:

On record in Oak Knoll

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 12 of 22 shown

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Every listing in Los Angeles County

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 43 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

216 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 216 fires within 5 miles of Oak Knoll between 1995 and 2020, burning about 375 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 24 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/undetermined117
Smoking26
Equipment and vehicle use25
Arson/incendiarism24
Misuse of fire by a minor15
Debris and open burning4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Natural1
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
9 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLos Angeles County Fire Departmentnot named
4 September 2016Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
4 September 2002Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreAngeles National ForestELLIOT
25 September 2009Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
21 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
21 September 2008Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
20 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
20 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia 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

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Oak Knoll: 5 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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
Simmons Brick Co.-Pasadena PlantClayPast Producer
Devil S GateSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Devils Canyon DamSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
La Canada PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Los Angeles Rock and Gravel Co.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Monterey Park Granite Co, IncSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Osborn CoSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary
Osborn Co.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

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
Raymond Hill0.6 miles43
South Pasadena1.0 miles43
San Marino1.6 miles47
Pasadena1.7 miles46
Olga1.8 miles43
Alhambra2.1 miles46
Sierra Vista2.3 miles46
Sibagna (historical)2.4 miles50

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1661127. 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.