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Valencia, California

37 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Newhall census division. It lies in ZIP code area 91355. It lies near Hasley Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Newhall quadrangle.

Valencia within Los Angeles County

Then and now

1903 to 1995

The same ground, surveyed 92 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.

Topographic sheet of Valencia, surveyed 1995
Topographic sheet of Valencia, surveyed 1903

Compare 1903 against another survey:

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 37 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

412 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 412 fires within 5 miles of Valencia between 1992 and 2020, burning about 50,892 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 42 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/undetermined202
Equipment and vehicle use96
Arson/incendiarism42
Smoking21
Misuse of fire by a minor14
Power generation/transmission/distribution12
Debris and open burning8
Fireworks7
Recreation and ceremony4
Natural3
Firearms and explosives use2
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
8 September 2011Debris and open burning20 acresLos Angeles County Fire Departmentnot named
6 September 2006Debris and open burning1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
5 September 2006Smokingunder an acreCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
4 September 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAngeles National ForestROMERO
4 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
4 September 1997Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAngeles National ForestBOX
3 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresCalifornia Department of Forestry & Fire Protectionnot named
28 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLos 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

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Valencia: 3 past producers, 1 occurrence, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Fullers Earth, 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
Castaic QuarryClayPast Producer
OvermanFullers EarthOccurrence
Dry Canyon LeaseGoldPast Producer
Emmed Placer, Et Al.GoldUnknown
Soledad Placer Co. PropertyGoldPast 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 Valencia in 1 storm report in 2026: 1 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 2026FloodValencia-Heavy rain produced significant roadway flooding on Interstate 5 near Lyons Avenue.

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
Castaic Junction0.3 miles37
Oberg (historical)1.1 miles38
Ninetynine Oaks2.3 miles37
Sulphur Springs2.5 miles37
Val Verde2.5 miles39
Del Valle3.0 miles39
Castaic3.2 miles37
Bouquet Junction3.9 miles38

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1661608. 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.