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Ravenna, California

42 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the South Antelope Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 93510. It lies near Bootleggers Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Acton quadrangle.

Ravenna 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 Ravenna, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Ravenna, surveyed 1900

Compare 1900 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

16 surveys from 42 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

417 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 417 fires within 5 miles of Ravenna between 1992 and 2020, burning about 16,878 acres in total. 16 started naturally. 22 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
Equipment and vehicle use174
Missing data/not specified/undetermined139
Arson/incendiarism22
Natural16
Debris and open burning15
Smoking13
Misuse of fire by a minor11
Power generation/transmission/distribution10
Other causes8
Fireworks5
Recreation and ceremony2
Railroad operations and maintenance2

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 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAngeles National ForestSTANG
7 September 2020Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresAngeles National ForestARRASTRE
7 September 2004Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAngeles National ForestCELICA
6 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAngeles National ForestJET
6 September 1999Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreAngeles National ForestTRAILS
5 September 2003Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAngeles National ForestSLURRY
4 September 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAngeles National ForestFRONTAGE
30 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Los Angeles County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 71 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 71 workings within 5 miles of Ravenna: 21 past producers, 19 occurrences, 15 prospects, 13 producers. 13 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Feldspar, Copper, Mica. 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
Aacton Clay ProjectFire Clay (Refractory), ClayProducer
Acton DepositChromiumOccurrence
Acton Rock Co.Stone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Collecting SiteSemiprecious Gemstone, QuartzPast ProducerChalcedony, Opal
Collector's LocalitySemiprecious GemstoneOccurrence
Emma GroupCopper, Silver, GoldPast ProducerVein
Emma GroupCopper, Gold, SilverPast Producer
EurekaAluminumPast Producer
King of the WestGold, Silver, CopperOccurrenceVein
Lucky ChaseGraphiteOccurrence

Every working recorded in Los Angeles County

Storms near this place

1 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ravenna in 1 storm report in 2010: 1 flash flood. 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
January 2010Flash FloodRavenna-Heavy showers and thunderstorms moved over the Station Burn area, producing intense rainfall rates and some damage associated with mud and debris flows. Automated rain gages in the area indicated hourly rainfall rates between 0.80 and 0.90 inches which exceeding established USGS thresholds. Per reports from emergency managers in Los Angeles county, the heavy rainfall produced some mud and debris flows which destroyed the rain gage located at Dunsmore.

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
Acton2.6 miles41
Paris3.3 miles41
Stallion Meadow Mobile Home Park4.3 miles41
Russ4.7 miles39
Mission5.6 miles30
Alpine (historical)5.9 miles39
Boiling Point6.1 miles31
Agua Dulce6.6 miles39

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 252962. 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.