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Old Point Comfort, California

35 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the South Antelope Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93553. It lies near Holcomb Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Valyermo quadrangle.

Old Point Comfort within Los Angeles County

Then and now

1901 to 1995

The same ground, surveyed 94 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Old Point Comfort, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Old Point Comfort, surveyed 1901

Compare 1901 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

16 surveys from 35 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

224 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 224 fires within 5 miles of Old Point Comfort between 1992 and 2020, burning about 294 acres in total. 81 started naturally. 29 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
Natural81
Missing data/not specified/undetermined38
Recreation and ceremony35
Arson/incendiarism29
Equipment and vehicle use21
Debris and open burning7
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Smoking3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Fireworks1
Other causes1

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
8 September 2012Naturalunder an acreAngeles National ForestBOB
6 September 2010Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreAngeles National ForestFORK
6 September 2010Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreAngeles National ForestSKID
5 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined14 acresAngeles National ForestPLEASANT
4 September 2006Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreAngeles National ForestSYCAMORE
4 September 1993Recreation and ceremony35 acresAngeles National ForestFORK
30 September 2010Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAngeles National ForestLONGVIEW
30 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAngeles National ForestMOTORCYCLE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Los Angeles County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Old Point Comfort: 3 occurrences, 2 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Silver, Tungsten, 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
AmercalStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Donaldson ProspectSilverProspect
Empire PlacerGoldOccurrence
Fenner Canyon ProspectTungstenOccurrence
Largo Vista Nos. 1-8Limestone, GeneralPast Producer
Unnamed Limestone DepositLimestone, GeneralOccurrence

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
Big Rock Springs1.4 miles35
Paradise Springs2.0 miles35
Valyermo2.3 miles35
Mile High3.2 miles34
Largo Vista3.7 miles34
Cedar Springs5.2 miles35
Juniper Hills5.7 miles34
Desert Relief (historical)6.3 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1661139. 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.