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Twin Lakes, California

40 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the San Fernando Valley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 91311. It lies near Garden of the Gods. The Survey maps it on the Oat Mountain quadrangle.

Twin Lakes within Los Angeles County

Then and now

1903 to 1979

The same ground, surveyed 76 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Twin Lakes, surveyed 1979
Topographic sheet of Twin Lakes, surveyed 1903

Topographic sheets covering this place

17 surveys from 40 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

68 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 68 fires within 5 miles of Twin Lakes between 2005 and 2020, burning about 39,977 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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/undetermined40
Smoking6
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Equipment and vehicle use5
Debris and open burning5
Arson/incendiarism4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Fireworks1

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
28 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined24,970 acresSanta Monica Mountains National Recreation AreaTOPANGA
28 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined120 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
26 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
23 September 2007Smokingunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
18 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined61 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
13 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
1 September 2020Fireworksunder an acreVentura County Fire DepartmentCROWN
24 August 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder 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

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Twin Lakes: 7 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Flagstone, Limestone, General. 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
Coquina MineLimestone, GeneralPast Producer
Charlton QuarryFlagstonePast Producer
Chatsworth Park QuarryStone, Dimension, Stone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Santa Susana QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Southern Pacific QuarryFlagstonePast Producer
Clement QuarryStone, DimensionPast Producer
GilbertStone, DimensionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Los Angeles County

Storms near this place

1 since 2026

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Twin Lakes in 1 storm report in 2026: 1 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
February 2026Flash FloodTwin Lakes-Heavy rainfall produced flash flooding at the intersection of State Route 118 and Topanga Canyon Boulevard.

Every storm 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
Deer Lake Highlands0.5 miles40
Fern Ann Falls0.9 miles40
Chatsworth1.4 miles40
La Quinta4.0 miles34
Lakeside Park4.2 miles40
Granada Hills4.3 miles40
Winnetka4.7 miles38
Northridge4.9 miles38

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1661593. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.