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.
Then and now
1900 to 1995The 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.


Compare 1900 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
19 surveys from 40 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1900 USGS Fernando quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1900 USGS San Fernando quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1901 USGS Southern California Sheet No. 1 quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1904 USGS Southern California Sheet No. 1 quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1925 USGS Sylmar quadrangle1:24000
- 1928 USGS Sylmar quadrangle1:24000
- 1929 USGS Sylmar quadrangle1:24000
- 1935 USGS Sylmar quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1940 USGS San Fernando quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1945 USGS San Fernando quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS San Fernando quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1966 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS San Fernando quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1975 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:100000
- 1995 USGS San Fernando quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
319 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 150 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 88 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 31 |
| Smoking | 16 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Fireworks | 4 |
| Other causes | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 6 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Angeles National Forest | not named |
| 5 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 3 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Angeles National Forest | SIERRA |
| 3 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Angeles National Forest | INTERSECTION |
| 29 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 90 acres | Angeles National Forest | FREEWAY |
| 28 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Angeles National Forest | POLK |
| 28 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Angeles National Forest | REGAL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 13 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wilson Deposit | Limestone, General | Prospect | ||
| Fiber Queen | Asbestos | Past Producer | Metamorphic | |
| Fiber Queen | Asbestos | Past Producer | ||
| Gold Discovery Site, 1842 | Gold | Prospect | ||
| Nils Desperandum | Gold | Unknown | ||
| Placerita Canyon Placers | Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Walker Ranch Placers | Gold | Prospect | ||
| Pacific Rock Company | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Sand and Gravel | |
| Pacoima | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Gravel | |
| Pacoima Dam Quarry | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sylmar | 2.4 miles | 40 | |
| Olive View | 2.4 miles | 40 | |
| Waltz | 3.0 miles | 40 | |
| Elayon | 3.3 miles | 40 | |
| San Fernando | 4.0 miles | 38 | |
| Granada Hills | 4.4 miles | 40 | |
| Newhall | 4.7 miles | 38 | |
| Hickson (historical) | 4.7 miles | 38 |
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.


















