Tujunga, 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 Bluegum Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Sunland quadrangle. It stands 1,772 feet above sea level.
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:
On record in Tujunga
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
Bolton Halllisted 1971
Topographic sheets covering this place
20 surveys from 41 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
- 1928 USGS La Crescenta quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1933 USGS La Crescenta quadrangle1:24000
- 1939 USGS La Crescenta quadrangle1:20000
- 1939 USGS La Crescenta 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
- 1953 USGS Sunland quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1966 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Sunland quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1975 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Sunland quadrangle1:24000
- 1995 USGS Sunland quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
394 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 394 fires within 5 miles of Tujunga between 1992 and 2020, burning about 9,525 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 71 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 | 138 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 73 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 71 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 55 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 13 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 11 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Smoking | 8 |
| Fireworks | 7 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Other causes | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Angeles National Forest | BIG TUJUNGA |
| 7 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Angeles National Forest | OTTIE |
| 6 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Angeles National Forest | LITTLE |
| 6 September 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Angeles National Forest | HAINES |
| 6 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Angeles National Forest | SEDAN |
| 5 September 2011 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 10 acres | Los Angeles County Fire Department | not named |
| 5 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Angeles National Forest | MIDNIGHT |
| 5 September 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Angeles National Forest | TUNA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 18 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Tujunga: 11 past producers, 3 prospects, 3 occurrences, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Graphite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Gold. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| City Rock Company Pit. | Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | 1925 | |
| Hansen Dam Quarry | Granite, Stone | Past Producer | Granite | |
| Katz Diatomaceous Shale | Diatomite | Prospect | ||
| Fascination Spring | Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Haines Canyon | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Katz | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | Shale | |
| Los Angeles Silica Corp. | Silica | Occurrence | ||
| Quartz Hill Deposit | Silica | Past Producer | ||
| R. Vella | Gold | Prospect | ||
| Big Tujunga Canyon Deposit | Graphite | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sunland | 1.3 miles | 41 | |
| Highway Highlands | 2.0 miles | 48 | |
| La Crescenta | 3.2 miles | 51 | |
| Briggs Terrace | 3.4 miles | 51 | |
| Shadow Hills | 3.4 miles | 41 | |
| Verdugo City | 3.8 miles | 51 | |
| Lake View Terrace | 4.2 miles | 41 | |
| Stonehurst | 4.3 miles | 41 |
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 Q136486765 | 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 250657. 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.



















