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Rancho Cascades, California

40 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the San Fernando Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 91342. It lies near Grapevine Canyon. The Survey maps it on the San Fernando quadrangle.

Rancho Cascades 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 Rancho Cascades, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Rancho Cascades, surveyed 1900

Compare 1900 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

19 surveys from 40 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

319 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 319 fires within 5 miles of Rancho Cascades between 1992 and 2020, burning about 29,686 acres in total. None started naturally. 31 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/undetermined150
Equipment and vehicle use88
Arson/incendiarism31
Smoking16
Recreation and ceremony9
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Debris and open burning6
Fireworks4
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
7 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
6 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresAngeles National Forestnot named
5 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
3 September 2012Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAngeles National ForestSIERRA
3 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAngeles National ForestINTERSECTION
29 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined90 acresAngeles National ForestFREEWAY
28 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAngeles National ForestPOLK
28 September 1997Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAngeles National ForestREGAL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Los Angeles County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Rancho Cascades: 8 past producers, 3 prospects, 1 unknown, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Asbestos, Limestone, General. 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
Wilson DepositLimestone, GeneralProspect
Fiber QueenAsbestosPast ProducerMetamorphic
Fiber QueenAsbestosPast Producer
Gold Discovery Site, 1842GoldProspect
Nils DesperandumGoldUnknown
Placerita Canyon PlacersGoldOccurrence
Walker Ranch PlacersGoldProspect
Pacific Rock CompanySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSand and Gravel
PacoimaSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerGravel
Pacoima Dam QuarrySand and Gravel, ConstructionPast 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
Sylmar2.4 miles40
Olive View2.4 miles40
Waltz3.0 miles40
Elayon3.3 miles40
San Fernando4.0 miles38
Granada Hills4.4 miles40
Newhall4.7 miles38
Hickson (historical)4.7 miles38

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2830275. 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.