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Sunland, 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 91042. It lies near Zachau Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Sunland quadrangle. It stands 1,512 feet above sea level.

Sunland 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 Sunland, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Sunland, 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

472 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 472 fires within 5 miles of Sunland between 1992 and 2020, burning about 30,518 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 89 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/undetermined171
Arson/incendiarism89
Equipment and vehicle use87
Recreation and ceremony55
Misuse of fire by a minor16
Power generation/transmission/distribution15
Debris and open burning14
Fireworks9
Smoking7
Other causes6
Natural3

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 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
7 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAngeles National ForestOTTIE
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
5 September 2011Misuse of fire by a minor10 acresLos Angeles County Fire Departmentnot 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 40 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 40 workings within 5 miles of Sunland: 25 past producers, 7 prospects, 5 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
City Rock Company Pit.Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer1925
Hansen Dam QuarryGranite, StonePast ProducerGranite
Katz Diatomaceous ShaleDiatomiteProspect
Trail Canyon 4 DepositTitaniumProspect
Unnamed Clay DepositClayProspect
Goodan DepositLimestone, General, DolomitePast Producer
Haskins DepositDolomitePast Producer
Independent American Mining Co.MicaPast ProducerMetamorphic
Independent American Mining Co.MicaPast Producer
Los Angeles Silica Corp.SilicaOccurrence

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
Tujunga1.3 miles41
Shadow Hills2.6 miles41
Lake View Terrace3.2 miles41
Highway Highlands3.2 miles48
Stonehurst3.8 miles41
Kagel Canyon4.2 miles41
Briggs Terrace4.4 miles51
La Crescenta4.4 miles51

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 Q136486764The 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 250100. 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.