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Shadow Hills, California

41 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 91040. It stands on Big Tujunga Creek. The Survey maps it on the Sunland quadrangle.

Shadow Hills 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 Shadow Hills, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Shadow Hills, surveyed 1900

Compare 1900 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

20 surveys from 41 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

494 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 494 fires within 5 miles of Shadow Hills between 1992 and 2020, burning about 29,610 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 81 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/undetermined214
Equipment and vehicle use101
Arson/incendiarism81
Recreation and ceremony32
Fireworks16
Power generation/transmission/distribution15
Debris and open burning13
Misuse of fire by a minor10
Smoking6
Other causes4
Natural2

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 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresAngeles National ForestPAXTON
9 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresAngeles National ForestBIG TUJUNGA
9 September 1992Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAngeles National ForestOLDS
7 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAngeles National ForestRANGE
6 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAngeles National ForestLITTLE
6 September 2016Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreAngeles National ForestHAINES
6 September 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAngeles National ForestSEDAN
6 September 1998Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAngeles National ForestPICKUP

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Los Angeles County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 57 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 57 workings within 5 miles of Shadow Hills: 44 past producers, 6 prospects, 4 occurrences, 3 unknowns. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Gold, Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
American Graphite Co.GraphiteProspect
City Rock Company Pit.Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer1925
Ferro-TitanTitaniumPast Producer
Hansen Dam QuarryGranite, StonePast ProducerGranite
Katz Diatomaceous ShaleDiatomiteProspect
Pacoima Hill QuarryGranite, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed Clay DepositClayProspect
Goodan DepositLimestone, General, DolomitePast Producer
Haskins DepositDolomitePast Producer
Independent American Mining Co.MicaPast ProducerMetamorphic

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
Lake View Terrace1.1 miles41
Stonehurst1.2 miles41
Kagel Canyon2.2 miles41
Sunland2.6 miles41
Wahoo (historical)2.7 miles47
El Merrie Dell2.7 miles41
Sun Valley3.2 miles48
Tujunga3.4 miles41

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1732577. 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.