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Solemint, California

36 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1900 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Newhall census division. It lies in ZIP code area 91387. It lies near Mint Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Mint Canyon quadrangle.

Solemint 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 Solemint, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Solemint, surveyed 1900

Compare 1900 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

15 surveys from 36 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

532 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 532 fires within 5 miles of Solemint between 1992 and 2020, burning about 45,153 acres in total. None started naturally. 57 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/undetermined234
Equipment and vehicle use123
Arson/incendiarism57
Smoking40
Misuse of fire by a minor32
Recreation and ceremony15
Power generation/transmission/distribution12
Debris and open burning11
Fireworks6
Other causes2

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
6 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
6 September 2009Power generation/transmission/distribution3.0 acresAngeles National ForestELK
6 September 2009Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
6 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAngeles National ForestSHRUB
6 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
6 September 2006Debris and open burning1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
5 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
5 September 2005Smokingunder an acreAngeles National ForestSOLEDAD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Los Angeles County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 35 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 35 workings within 5 miles of Solemint: 19 past producers, 7 prospects, 4 occurrences, 3 unknowns. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Titanium, Pumice. 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
Alfredo Payola, Et Al.StoneOccurrence
Blue Cloud Chinchilla DustPumice, Volcanic MaterialsPast Producer
Nora-Evalyn GroupVermiculiteOccurrence
P. W. Gillibrand Soledad PlantSand and Gravel, Construction, Iron, Titanium, Phosphorus-PhosphatesPlant1968
Paradise DepositClayPast Producer
Reynier RanchVolcanic MaterialsPast Producer
Sand Canyon PlacersIron, Titanium, Zirconium, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect1983
Schmidt QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Thompson PlacerIron, Gold, Platinum, Titanium, ZirconiumPast Producer
Blue Cloud Chinchilla DustPumicePast 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
Humphreys0.7 miles36
Mint Canyon1.0 miles36
Canyon Country1.1 miles36
Honby2.1 miles36
Forest Park2.5 miles36
Lang4.1 miles37
Rancho Santa Clarita4.5 miles38
Saugus4.7 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.

Wikidata item Q122551437The 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 249653. 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.