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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 91355. It stands on Newhall Creek. The Survey maps it on the Newhall quadrangle. 228,673 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,207 feet above sea level.

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 Santa Clarita, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Santa Clarita, surveyed 1903

Compare 1903 against another survey:

On record in Santa Clarita

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Population over time

5 figures

Santa Clarita grew from 66,730 to 228,673 between 1980 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
198066,730
1990110,642+43,912 (+66%)
2000151,088+40,446 (+37%)
2010176,320+25,232 (+17%)
2020228,673+52,353 (+30%)

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

408 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 408 fires within 5 miles of Santa Clarita between 1992 and 2020, burning about 12,858 acres in total. 1 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/undetermined212
Equipment and vehicle use87
Smoking40
Arson/incendiarism31
Misuse of fire by a minor16
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Fireworks6
Debris and open burning5
Recreation and ceremony2
Natural1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 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
3 September 2012Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAngeles National ForestSIERRA
3 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAngeles National ForestINTERSECTION
3 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCalifornia 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 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Santa Clarita: 4 past producers, 3 unknowns, 2 occurrences, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Fullers Earth. 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
OvermanFullers EarthOccurrence
Curtis-Hooker Corp.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Dry Canyon LeaseGoldPast Producer
Emmed Placer, Et Al.GoldUnknown
Gold Discovery Site, 1842GoldProspect
Nils DesperandumGoldUnknown
Placerita Canyon PlacersGoldOccurrence
RobinetteGoldUnknown
Smith Bros. PlacerGoldPast 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
Newhall0.8 miles38
Saugus1.4 miles38
Pardee1.6 miles38
Elayon2.1 miles40
Bouquet Junction2.1 miles38
Waltz2.4 miles40
Honby3.4 miles36
Rancho Santa Clarita3.4 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.

Wikipedia article on Santa ClaritaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q491132The 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 1662338. 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.