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Stoneman, California

50 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Southwest San Gabriel Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 91801. The Survey maps it on the El Monte quadrangle.

Stoneman within Los Angeles County

Then and now

1894 to 1979

The same ground, surveyed 85 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Stoneman, surveyed 1979
Topographic sheet of Stoneman, surveyed 1894

Compare 1894 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

16 surveys from 50 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

397 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 397 fires within 5 miles of Stoneman between 2005 and 2020, burning about 439 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 37 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/undetermined253
Arson/incendiarism37
Misuse of fire by a minor34
Smoking31
Equipment and vehicle use26
Debris and open burning14
Natural1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLos Angeles County Fire Departmentnot named
9 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
8 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
7 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.5 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
7 September 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
6 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
5 September 2010Smoking3.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
5 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia 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 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Stoneman: 10 past producers, 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay. 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
Higgins Brick and Tile CoClayProspectSedimentary
Simmons Brick Co.-Pasadena PlantClayPast Producer
Torrance Brick Co.-Monterey Park 2ClayPast Producer
L. A. Decomposed Granite Co.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Mccaslin Materials Co. PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Monterey Park Granite Co.Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Reynolds Crushed Gravel Co. PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
La Decomposed Granite CoSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspectSedimentary
Los Angeles Rock and Gravel Co.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Mccaslin Materials CoSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerSedimentary

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
Alhambra0.5 miles46
Sibagna (historical)1.0 miles50
San Gabriel1.0 miles50
Ramona Park1.2 miles50
Wilmar1.4 miles50
East San Gabriel1.7 miles49
Shorb1.7 miles46
Monterey Park1.8 miles50

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 Q122568282The 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 252987. 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.