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Panorama City, 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 91402. It stands on Pacoima Wash. The Survey maps it on the Van Nuys quadrangle.

Panorama City 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 Panorama City, surveyed 1979
Topographic sheet of Panorama City, surveyed 1894

Compare 1894 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

19 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

68 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 68 fires within 5 miles of Panorama City between 1995 and 2020, burning about 334 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/undetermined42
Smoking8
Equipment and vehicle use7
Arson/incendiarism3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Fireworks2
Recreation and ceremony1
Natural1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Debris and open burning1

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 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresAngeles National ForestPAXTON
30 September 1995Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAngeles National ForestPAXTON
24 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAngeles National ForestVANNUYS
19 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresAngeles National ForestSUNLAND
15 September 2013Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAngeles National ForestOSBORNE
15 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresAngeles National ForestFOOTHILL
10 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
1 September 1997Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAngeles National ForestKAMPLOOPS

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Los Angeles County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 31 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 31 workings within 5 miles of Panorama City: 30 past producers, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Titanium. 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
Pacoima Hill QuarryGranite, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Mission Brick Co. PitClayPast Producer
Valley Brick & Supply Co.ClayPast Producer
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
Borges RockSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Boulevard PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Boulevard PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Los Angeles County

Storms near this place

3 since 2023

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Panorama City in 3 storm reports between 2023 and 2024: 2 flash flood, 1 debris flow. 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
February 2024Flash FloodPanorama City-California Highway Patrol reported significant flooding on Interstate 5. All lanes of the interstate were flooded.
August 2023Flash FloodPanorama City-Near the community of San Fernando, five feet of mud covered several lanes of Interstate 5.
December 2023Debris FlowPanorama City-Mud and debris flows resulted in the closure of Sheldon Street at the intersection of Interstate 5.

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
Raymer1.1 miles44
Gemco1.3 miles44
North Sherman Way1.7 miles44
North Hills2.0 miles44
Mission Hills2.4 miles38
Hickson (historical)2.4 miles38
Van Nuys2.6 miles45
Pacoima2.9 miles38

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1661187. 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.