Soledad Sulphur Springs, California
39 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 91390. It lies near Bee Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Agua Dulce quadrangle. It stands 1,811 feet above sea level. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Then and now
1900 to 1995The 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.


Compare 1900 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
16 surveys from 39 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1900 USGS Fernando quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1900 USGS San Fernando quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1901 USGS Southern California Sheet No. 1 quadrangle1:250000, 6 printings
- 1904 USGS Southern California Sheet No. 1 quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1929 USGS Lang quadrangle1:24000
- 1933 USGS Lang quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1940 USGS San Fernando quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1945 USGS San Fernando quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Agua Dulce quadrangle1:24000, 7 printings
- 1966 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:100000
- 1995 USGS Agua Dulce quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
474 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 474 fires within 5 miles of Soledad Sulphur Springs (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 54,789 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 40 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/undetermined | 180 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 161 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 40 |
| Smoking | 19 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 17 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 17 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 13 |
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Fireworks | 6 |
| Other causes | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Angeles National Forest | MANURE |
| 8 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Angeles National Forest | FIRECREST |
| 6 September 2009 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3.0 acres | Angeles National Forest | ELK |
| 6 September 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 6 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Angeles National Forest | SHRUB |
| 6 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 5 September 2011 | Other causes | 345 acres | California Desert District | WAGON |
| 5 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 61 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 61 workings within 5 miles of Soledad Sulphur Springs (historical): 29 past producers, 15 occurrences, 10 prospects, 3 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Titanium, Gold, Feldspar, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mitchell Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Granite | Past Producer | 1920 | |
| Nora-Evalyn Group | Vermiculite | Occurrence | ||
| P. W. Gillibrand Soledad Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, Titanium, Phosphorus-Phosphates | Plant | 1968 | |
| Reynier Ranch | Volcanic Materials | Past Producer | ||
| Reynier Ranch Volcanic Ash | Pumice | Past Producer | ||
| San Gabriel Mountain District | Iron, Vanadium, Titanium | Past Producer | 1927 | |
| Sand Canyon Placers | Iron, Titanium, Zirconium, Sand and Gravel, Construction | Prospect | 1983 | |
| Soledad Canyon | Zirconium, Titanium | Producer | 1944, 1985 | |
| Spanish | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | ||
| Thompson Placer | Iron, Gold, Platinum, Titanium, Zirconium | Past Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lang | 0.9 miles | 37 | |
| Alpine (historical) | 1.3 miles | 39 | |
| Russ | 2.5 miles | 39 | |
| Forest Park | 3.7 miles | 36 | |
| Mint Canyon | 4.3 miles | 36 | |
| Humphreys | 4.5 miles | 36 | |
| Agua Dulce | 4.7 miles | 39 | |
| Solemint | 5.0 miles | 36 |
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 Q7557539 | The 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 1665733. 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.















