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Singing Springs, California

44 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 93550. It stands on North Fork Mill Creek. The Survey maps it on the Condor Peak quadrangle.

Singing Springs 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 Singing Springs, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Singing Springs, surveyed 1900

Compare 1900 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

17 surveys from 44 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

179 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 179 fires within 5 miles of Singing Springs between 1992 and 2020, burning about 174 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 35 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 use54
Missing data/not specified/undetermined37
Arson/incendiarism35
Recreation and ceremony35
Natural8
Debris and open burning5
Smoking3
Fireworks2

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
8 September 2002Smokingunder an acreAngeles National ForestHOPPER
5 September 2020Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAngeles National ForestMILE
30 September 2007Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreAngeles National ForestDITCH
3 September 1998Naturalunder an acreAngeles National ForestWICKIUP
28 September 1999Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresAngeles National ForestPINES
25 September 2001Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreAngeles National ForestPINES
25 September 2001Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAngeles National ForestNISSAN
23 September 2002Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAngeles National ForestVOYAGER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Los Angeles County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 37 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 37 workings within 5 miles of Singing Springs: 15 occurrences, 8 producers, 7 prospects, 6 past producers. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Titanium, Molybdenum, Copper. 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
Falcon MineGold, SilverPast Producer
ManzanitaMolybdenum, CopperOccurrence
Monte CristoMolybdenum, IronOccurrenceMolybdenite, Pyrite
Pigment Div of Ei Du Pont D/N & CoTitanium, MetalProducer
Monte CristoMolybdenumOccurrenceMolybdenite
(Facility) Beam Smelter Co. and AssociatesTitaniumPlant
Alder Creek 2 DepositTitaniumProspect
Alder Creek 5 DepositTitaniumOccurrence
Black Crow MineTitaniumOccurrence
CondorTitaniumProspect

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
Hidden Springs0.2 miles44
Mount Wilson7.3 miles48
Briggs Terrace7.6 miles51
Altacanyada8.1 miles51
La Crescenta8.9 miles51
La Cañada Flintridge9.0 miles46
Altadena9.1 miles46
Highway Highlands9.2 miles48

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1656630. 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.