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.
Then and now
1903 to 1995The 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.


Compare 1903 against another survey:
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 37 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.
- 1903 USGS Camulos quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1903 USGS Santa Susana quadrangle1:62500, 8 printings
- 1931 USGS Castaic quadrangle1:24000
- 1940 USGS Castaic quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1941 USGS Santa Susana quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Santa Susana quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1952 USGS Newhall quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1955 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1966 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000
- 1975 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Los Angeles quadrangle1:100000
- 1995 USGS Newhall quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
412 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 202 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 96 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 42 |
| Smoking | 21 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 14 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 12 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Fireworks | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Firearms and explosives use | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Los Angeles County Fire Department | not named |
| 6 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 5 September 2006 | Smoking | under an acre | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 4 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Angeles National Forest | ROMERO |
| 4 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 4 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Angeles National Forest | BOX |
| 3 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | California Department of Forestry & Fire Protection | not named |
| 28 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Los Angeles County Fire Department | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Castaic Quarry | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Overman | Fullers Earth | Occurrence | ||
| Dry Canyon Lease | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Emmed Placer, Et Al. | Gold | Unknown | ||
| Soledad Placer Co. Property | Gold | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2026Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2026 | Flood | Valencia | - | Heavy rain produced significant roadway flooding on Interstate 5 near Lyons Avenue. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Castaic Junction | 0.3 miles | 37 | |
| Oberg (historical) | 1.1 miles | 38 | |
| Ninetynine Oaks | 2.3 miles | 37 | |
| Sulphur Springs | 2.5 miles | 37 | |
| Val Verde | 2.5 miles | 39 | |
| Del Valle | 3.0 miles | 39 | |
| Castaic | 3.2 miles | 37 | |
| Bouquet Junction | 3.9 miles | 38 |
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.













