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Rancho Santa Clarita, California

38 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Newhall census division. It lies in ZIP code area 91350. It lies near Dry Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Newhall quadrangle.

Rancho Santa Clarita within Los Angeles County

Then and now

1903 to 1995

The same ground, surveyed 92 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 Santa Clarita, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Rancho Santa Clarita, surveyed 1903

Compare 1903 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 38 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

456 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 456 fires within 5 miles of Rancho Santa Clarita between 1992 and 2020, burning about 38,116 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 37 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/undetermined238
Equipment and vehicle use77
Smoking39
Arson/incendiarism37
Misuse of fire by a minor24
Power generation/transmission/distribution15
Debris and open burning8
Fireworks8
Recreation and ceremony4
Firearms and explosives use2
Other causes2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Natural1

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
6 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
6 September 2006Debris and open burning1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
5 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
5 September 2006Smokingunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
4 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLos Angeles County Fire Departmentnot named
3 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
28 September 2013Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreAngeles National ForestBLUE
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 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Rancho Santa Clarita: 7 past producers, 4 prospects, 2 occurrences, 2 unknowns. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Fullers Earth, Pumice, Volcanic Materials. 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
Blue Cloud Chinchilla DustPumice, Volcanic MaterialsPast Producer
Blue Cloud Chinchilla DustPumicePast Producer
OvermanFullers EarthOccurrence
Curtis-Hooker Corp.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Dry Canyon LeaseGoldPast Producer
Emmed Placer, Et Al.GoldUnknown
FoxGoldProspect
Placerita Canyon PlacersGoldOccurrence
RobinetteGoldUnknown

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
Bouquet Junction1.3 miles38
Pardee1.8 miles38
Saugus2.0 miles38
Honby2.5 miles36
Oberg (historical)3.3 miles38
Canyon Country3.4 miles36
Santa Clarita3.4 miles38
Newhall3.8 miles38

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122551647The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1661282. 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.